All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 151
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OpinionThe right thing for M&S would be the wrong thing for high streets
The presence of an unmodernised Marks & Spencer store is a tell-tale sign of a high street which has seen better days.
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NewsRetailers run on as updates hold promise
Investors once again went on a trolley dash for store stocks, helping general retailers outperform the market.
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NewsMarks & Spencer could add £1bn to earnings by 2014
Marks & Spencer could add £1bn to earnings by 2014, according to a note issued by Goldman Sachs.
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NewsMarks & Spencer extends use of smart customer service system
Marks & Spencer is expanding its use of a customer and staff feedback system that it trialled last year.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.