All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 160

  • News

    Leaver is front-runner to succeed Rose

    2008-08-07T08:41:28Z

    Marks & Spencer head of international Carl Leaver has been given further responsibilities at the retailer, placing him as the front-runner to succeed Sir Stuart Rose as chief executive.

  • News

    Rose’s dual role under fire again

    2008-07-25T08:54:47Z

    The backlash over Sir Stuart Rose’s dual role of chief executive and executive chairman at Marks & Spencer faces renewed opposition, this time from the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).

  • News

    M&S victorious in stolen laptop data protection row

    2008-07-24T16:27:23Z

    Marks & Spencer has avoided a courtroom showdown and substantial fine after winning an appeal against the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over a data leak.

  • News

    M&S hails bag charging scheme a success

    2008-07-23T17:09:41Z

    Marks & Spencer’s controversial 5p food carrier bag charge has resulted in an 80 per cent drop in the number of bags used since the scheme’s introduction in May.

  • Opinion

    What's Next?

    2008-07-23T17:05:09Z

    Next could surprise the City when it updates on its second quarter performance next week.

  • News

    M&S slashes men's suit to £24

    2008-07-18T09:07:32Z

    Marks & Spencer slashed the price of selected men’s suits yesterday to only 24 as it started its summer Sale.

  • Opinion

    Who’s the greendaddy?

    2008-07-14T10:45:55Z

    At a gathering last week to celebrate the significant anniversary of a leading store design company, a very senior retailer remarked that he was environmentally aware because having a driver to ferry him around meant he was car-sharing and therefore green.

  • Opinion

    The Retail Week – July 11, 2008

    2008-07-11T16:10:37Z

    A domineering leader with no regard for corporate governance, a business recording a terrible performance, confusion about plans for the chairmanship… no, not M&S, but Sports Direct.

  • Analysis

    Ground control: How Marks & Spencer ensures fair trade really is fair

    2008-07-11T11:00:36Z

    It’s easy to talk a good game on conditions in the supply chain, but how can you ensure it works in practice? Katie Kilgallen finds out how Marks & Spencer ensures fair trade really is fair

  • News

    Rose reigns as shareholders back promotion to chairman

    2008-07-11T09:39:25Z

    Marks & Spencer shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of electing chief executive Sir Stuart Rose to the position of executive chairman at Wednesday’s AGM.

  • Opinion

    Marks is no Primark – nor should it be

    2008-07-10T12:58:09Z

    Sir Stuart Rose may have found himself in the unusual position of whispering a prayer of thanks to Primark today.

  • News

    Lots of sandwiches and a few spats: M&S AGM sketch

    2008-07-09T17:43:50Z

    They came, they ate his sandwiches and they voted for him.

  • Safe and secure: the
    News

    M&S to up PoS security with system roll-out

    2008-07-09T11:06:00Z

    Marks Spencer is to introduce a new IT security system at the point of sale (PoS).

  • News

    Waitrose hiring signals convenience push

    2008-07-09T08:31:31Z

    Waitrose is understood to have hired a head of convenience as it gears up to take on the likes of Sainsbury’s Local and M&S Simply Food.

  • News

    Marks & Spencer pulls out of Taiwan

    2008-07-08T09:45:15Z

    Marks & Spencer is to close all its stores in Taiwan after just 14 months of trading in the country, dealing another blow to the embattled retailer.

  • News

    Rose faces investor rebellion

    2008-07-07T08:24:28Z

    More than a quarter of Marks & Spencer investors could this week abstain or vote against Sir Stuart Rose’s elevation to executive chairman.

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    News

    Worse to come

    2008-07-04T16:38:00Z

    As M S like-for-like sales plunge, fears grow industry may never fully recover from downturn

  • Opinion

    Competitiveness is key for M&S

    2008-07-04T13:23:09Z

    No apologies for returning to the biggest story of the week, the trials of Marks & Spencer. After all, food is at the root of its problems.

  • Opinion

    The Retail Week – July 4, 2008

    2008-07-04T10:03:55Z

    The magic has well and truly evaporated from the retail Camelot created at Marks & Spencer by Sir Stuart Rose.

  • Opinion

    M&S SOS

    2008-07-03T12:52:31Z

    Is Sir Stuart Rose fair to blame the majority of Marks & Spencer’s woes on market conditions?