All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 149
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NewsMarks & Spencer links with Formula 1 team for boys’ range
Marks & Spencer has signed a three-year deal with the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team to create an exclusive boys apparel range.
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NewsAndy Bond warns of long road to recovery
Despite a better than expected trading outlook for the rest of this year, the road to recovery for UK retailers will be long and hard, Asda chief executive Andy Bond has suggested.
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NewsCurrys to open in ill-fated Thurrock shop
Electricals retailer Currys has taken over the lease for the former Marks & Spencer Lifestore at Lakeside in Thurrock, which has proved ill-fated for retailers.
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OpinionCould Marc Bolland be the answer to Marks & Spencer’s prayers?
Morrisons chief executive Marc Bolland has become a darling of the City, so could he be the man for Marks & Spencer?
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Primark appoints former Marks & Spencer menswear director
Primark has appointed former Marks & Spencer director Julian Kilmartin as buying and merchandising director.
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NewsGrocers slash plastic bag usage by 48%
Food retailers have almost halved the number of carrier bags distributed to customers, reducing their environmental impact.
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OpinionTables could turn in grocery
Auctioning off a 25lb pork pie could only have happened at a Marks & Spencer AGM, and it could only have been fronted by the showman himself Sir Stuart Rose.
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NewsGeneral retail stocks outshine the index
General retailers performed strongly over the week, putting food stocks and the All-Share index in the shade.
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NewsWaitrose sales outpace Marks & Spencer food for first time
Waitrose managing director Mark Price has revealed that the grocer has overtaken Marks & Spencer in food sales for the first time in its 105-year history.
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OpinionE-tail’s debt to the old retail greats
The principles of pioneers such as Gordon Selfridge are as relevant as ever in modern retailing
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NewsMarks & Spencer whistleblower loses case
Tony Goode, the former Marks & Spencer employee sacked for leaking details of planned redundancy pay cuts, has lost his employment tribunal case alleging the retailer breached his human rights.
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NewsSir Stuart Rose attack on discount fashion labelled hypocritical
Marks & Spencer has been accused of hypocrisy over its attack on discount fashion after it emerged the retailer shares suppliers with value giant Primark, The Times has reported.
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OpinionA kick in the ballots
Some of the biggest retailers have been forced on the defensive in the face of shareholder uprisings unparalleled in more than a decade.
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NewsFashion Retail Academy awards
Top retailers celebrated a new generation of talent on Tuesday when the Fashion Retail Academy, the shopkeeping school backed by Sir Philip Green, held its awards.
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OpinionMarks & sparks as Sir Stuart Rose and Sir David Jones face shareholder concern
Two of retail’s great leaders Sir Stuart Rose and Sir David Jones have faced intense investor scrutiny this week.
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NewsM&S shareholders reject motion on Sir Stuart Rose’s chairmanship
Marks & Spencer shareholders have voted against a special resolution calling for executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose to step down 12 months early, in July 2010.