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UK's Morrisons says cyber attack at technology provider dented Christmas sales
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 29, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 29, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
Morrisons' Christmas sales were impacted by a cyber attack at Blue Yonder, affecting product availability and leading to lower sales growth.
LONDON (Reuters) - British supermarket group Morrisons said on Wednesday that a November cyber attack at technology provider Blue Younder hit its product availability, impacting Christmas sales.
"Our warehouse management system had to be shut down, leaving us without visibility on our fresh and produce stock levels for several days," CEO Rami Baitieh told reporters.
Finance chief Jo Goff said Morrisons did see sales growth in the first quarter to the end of January but it was lower than the 4.9% reported for the previous quarter.
(Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Catarina Demony)
A November cyber attack at technology provider Blue Younder hit Morrisons' product availability, which affected Christmas sales.
CEO Rami Baitieh stated that the warehouse management system had to be shut down, resulting in a lack of visibility on fresh and produce stock levels for several days.
Finance chief Jo Goff mentioned that while Morrisons saw sales growth in the first quarter to the end of January, it was lower than the 4.9% reported for the previous quarter.
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