All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 117
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NewsGreen, Bolland and Gary Barlow celebrate young retail talent
Top retailers including Arcadia tycoon Sir Philip Green and Marks & Spencer boss Marc Bolland – along Take that star Gary Barlow – celebrated a new generation of fashion talent at London’s Fashion Retail Academy Awards yesterday.
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NewsGrocers back initiative to give surplus food to charity
Supermarkets could share excess food with families struggling in the economic downturn in a Government drive to cut food waste and help those in need.
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NewsSir Terence Conran signs design deal with JC Penney
Design veteran Sir Terence Conran has for the first time partnered with a US retailer after signing a deal to create a homewares collection for department store JC Penney.
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OpinionComment: Why retailers should give things away
Logic would say that freebies are the shortest route to falling margins, but shoppers look kindly on those who offer them.
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NewsKate Bostock reportedly to leave Marks & Spencer
There has been renewed speculation that Marks & Spencer’s general merchandise supremo Kate Bostock is to leave the retailer.
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NewsFormer M&S director Andrew Skinner to advise Irish retailer Dunnes
Andrew Skinner, formerly one of Marks & Spencer’s most senior directors, has taken on a consultancy role at Dunnes
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NewsFortnum & Mason hires new retail director
Fortnum & Mason has hired a new retail director as it continues its search for a new chief executive.
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NewsMarks & Spencer investors pressured over executive pay
Marks & Spencer’s investors are being urged to abstain on the retailer’s remuneration report at next month’s AGM.
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NewsMarks & Spencer in £1.1m legal row with landlord
Marks & Spencer is fighting the landlord of its Paddington head office for a £1.1m over-payment of rent, according to The Sunday Telegraph.
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NewsM&S director Richard Price to become managing director of Bhs
Tycoon Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia has raided Marks & Spencer to poach menswear trading director Richard Price as managing director of Bhs.
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NewsMumsnet launches new marketplace
Mumsnet has launched a new marketplace partnering with retailers including M&S, Toast and Clarks.
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OpinionRetailers must do their research before international expansion
Recently I returned from a trip to China where I visited Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing developing an advisory package for retailers looking at expansion opportunities in the increasingly competitive Chinese market.
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AnalysisHighs and lows of click-and-collect
As retailers step up their multichannel offers, click-and-collect forms a core part of the shopping experience. Anna Richardson Taylor examines some of the more – and less – impressive services.
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OpinionHow is the Eurozone crisis affecting UK retail?
As well as domestic austerity UK retailers will have to deal with fallout from the continent and the impact it is having on consumer sentiment.
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NewsMarks & Spencer launches 'world's most sustainable suit'
Marks & Spencer has revealed what it has termed the “world’s most sustainable suit” as part of the retailer’s Plan A ethical business strategy.
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NewsSir Stuart Rose becomes Blue Inc chairman
Former Marks and Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose has made a return to the high street by joining growing fashion chain Blue Inc as chairman.
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AnalysisOutsourcing: Is it right for your business?
Retail is about selling products, so outsourcing non-core business functions can make sense for retailers. Anna Richardson Taylor examines the issue.
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AnalysisRetailers’ banks: What do consumers need to know?
By opening a fully fledged, 50-branch bank, Marks & Spencer is relying on the power of its brand – and venturing where Sir Stuart Rose feared to tread.
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OpinionSainsbury’s wins the battle but war goes on
Tesco and Sainsbury’s reporting of quarterly results within days of each other adds to the image of two heavyweights going head to head in the arena.