All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 112
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NewsAsda boss heralds grocery collaboration on youth unemployment
Asda chief executive Andy Clarke has heralded “unprecedented collaboration” across the grocery industry to address youth unemployment after meeting Prime Minister David Cameron.
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NewsGrocery bosses to meet David Cameron to tackle youth unemployment
The bosses of Asda, Morrisons, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose are to attend a meeting in Downing Street today to discuss youth unemployment.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Changes in the distribution centre property market
It’s all go in the distribution centre property market, where dedicated and hybrid logistics models are altering the requirements of retailers, and internet fulfilment are rewriting the rules.
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NewsTrinity Leeds opening date revealed
Major Yorkshire shopping centre development Trinity Leeds is to open on March 21, 2013.
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GalleryStore gallery: Marks & Spencer’s Cheshire Oaks new concept store
Marks & Spencer said today that its new concept store at Cheshire Oaks has delivered a sales performance that is 30% ahead of plan. John Ryan took a trip to the store shortly after it opened in August.
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NewsMorrisons begins ecommerce push
Morrisons has kick-started its multichannel expansion by making its first move online.
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NewsNew Look to reignite hunt for chief executive
New Look has resumed its search for a new chief executive after ditching the process seven months ago.
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NewsMarks & Spencer unveils autumn ad campaign
Marks & Spencer will air its latest advertising campaign, in which product rather than celebrity models take centre-stage, tomorrow evening.
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NewsUpdated: Marks & Spencer reshuffles senior general merchandise team
Incoming Marks & Spencer general merchandise boss John Dixon has made a raft of changes to his team. The overhaul comes as Dixon prepares to formally take up his new M&S role next month.
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OpinionComment: International expansion is important for long-term growth
At next month’s World Retail Congress, four retailers will be inducted into the World Retail Hall of Fame: Sir Stuart Rose, Lew Frankfort, Dickson Poon and Sir Paul Smith.
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OpinionComment: Why in-store wi-fi matters and QR codes do not
Trust, transparency and trade are all benefits of the true deployment of wi-fi as part of a store blueprint, so why have so few retailers rolled this out?
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NewsMarks & Spencer ditches celebs for new ad campaign
Marks & Spencer is to launch a new womenswear campaign without celebrities for the first time since 2005.
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NewsCo-op boss criticises rivals’ ethical stance
Co-operative Group chief executive Peter Marks accused his grocery rivals of “jumping on the bandwagon” of ethical retailing as he reported a slide in first-half sales and profits.
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NewsRetailers compete in back-to-school clothing market
Retailers are competing for market share in the lucrative back-to-school clothing market, which Kantar Worldpanel has valued at £350m per year.
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OpinionComment: M&S multichannel store is last hurrah of space race
Renewed speculation of a takeover bid for Marks & Spencer has been inevitable since it reported its worst trading performance in three years last month.
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AnalysisMarks & Spencer: What the analysts say
Marks & Spencer unveils its new 148,000 sq ft Cheshire Oaks store today. The City welcomed new innovations in store but retained some reservations
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NewsMorrisons calls for traffic light consistency as King demands change
Pressure is mounting on Morrisons to alter its food labelling to adopt the traffic light system but the grocer has called for greater consistency across its rivals first.
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GalleryIn pictures: Marks & Spencer opens landmark Cheshire Oaks store
Marks & Spencer has unveiled a host of in-store innovations as it opened its second biggest shop at Cheshire Oaks.
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NewsCity positive over potential CVC bid for M&S
Shore Capital analyst Clive Black has welcomed speculation in the media and the City that private equity firm CVC could bid for Marks & Spencer.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Asda takes on Tesco in battle for spend
Asda’s chief executive is getting ready to fight off a revived Tesco.