All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 34
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VideoFace time: M&S food chief Stuart Machin on launch of Ocado joint venture
On a landmark day for Marks & Spencer, as its partnership with Ocado goes live, the retailer’s food boss Stuart Machin speaks to Retail Week about the significance of the launch and its changing food business.
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AnalysisRetail job cuts: is there any end in sight?
As the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic hammer the economy, the retail industry has been among the hardest hit when it comes to job losses. Retail Week explores whether there is an end in sight and if further cuts could be prevented.
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NewsM&S gets into gear for drive-up click and collect
Marks & Spencer is piloting drive-thru order collection as part of an initiative with specialist technology partner Doddle to extend its click-and-collect proposition, Retail Week can reveal.
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Opinion‘Avocados at dawn as M&S and Waitrose prepare for clash after Ocado switchover’
In just over a week’s time, a venture that Marks & Spencer hopes will be transformational goes live – its tie-up with online grocer Ocado, bringing its food range online for the first time.
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NewsM&S chair Norman urges return to offices – ‘You can’t run a retailer from the sofa’
Marks & Spencer chair Archie Norman has called on businesses to bring staff back to offices as retailers suffer from depressed footfall in big city centres.
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AnalysisMarks & Spencer job cuts – harsh medicine, but necessary
Marks & Spencer’s biggest round of job cuts ever has sent shockwaves through retail. Around 7,000 roles will be axed – and that is on top of 950 redundancies revealed just a month ago.
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NewsM&S to axe 7,000 roles as coronavirus hammers sales
Marks & Spencer is set to cut 7,000 roles across the business in the next three months, as it looks to streamline its strategy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsMarks & Spencer and Waitrose square up ahead of Ocado switchover
Marks & Spencer and rival Waitrose have both launched marketing initiatives to draw customers as their relationship with Ocado changes.
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NewsNearly 300 staff test positive for coronavirus at M&S sandwich supplier
Almost 300 staff have been forced into self-isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus at a Northamptonshire-based sandwich supplier for Marks & Spencer.
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NewsM&S bolsters food division with new distribution centre
Marks & Spencer is to open a new food distribution centre next month that will increase capacity and help address longstanding availability problems.
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Opinion‘UK fashion retail’s choice – lie down and accept decline or come back fighting’
Little more than 20 years ago, Marks & Spencer made headlines when profits hit £1bn. Eighty per cent of its £6.7bn turnover came from the clothing business. Only just over a decade ago, Topshop was poised to conquer America – the opening of a flagship store in Soho in New York had queues around the block and Philip Green was feted in every fashion publication.
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AnalysisBlack Lives Matter: How retailers including M&S and H&M are targeting diversity
It’s been three months since the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement hit the headlines following George Floyd’s death. With the hashtags now fading, Retail Week looks at what retailers are doing to continue the momentum.
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AnalysisWill ‘eat out to help out’ bring shoppers back to stores?
The government’s ‘eat out to help out’ scheme launched on Monday and there are hopes that retailers could feel a halo effect after diners flocked to shopping locations for a cheap bite.
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NewsBoohoo factory scandal: Call for evidence as retailers seek solutions
The barrister running an independent review into Boohoo’s Leicester supply chain, Alison Levitt QC, has made a public call for evidence.
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NewsMarks & Spencer showcases food range on Ocado ahead of online launch
Marks & Spencer has put its full food range on show on Ocado’s website as they prepare for the formal launch of their partnership next month.
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NewsM&S cafes sign up to ‘eat out to help out’ scheme
Marks & Spencer has announced that its cafes have joined the government’s ‘eat out to help out’ scheme, offering half-price food and beverages Monday to Wednesday throughout August, starting today.
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NewsM&S triples number of stores offering mobile pay tech
Marks & Spencer has upped the number of food stores offering a checkout-free shopping experience from 100 to 310.
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NewsMarks & Spencer axes 950 jobs as it ‘accelerates transformation’
Marks & Spencer is to cut almost 1,000 jobs as it reshapes operations through the ‘Never the Same Again’ programme unveiled as the coronavirus pandemic hit.
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NewsM&S, Ted Baker and Harvey Nichols brace for job cuts
Marks & Spencer is understood to be making hundreds of job cuts this week as fellow fashion operators Ted Baker and Harvey Nichols also brace for redundancies.
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DataData: M&S to Monzo – the top 50 brands bossing customer experience
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, customer needs and behaviours have shifted rapidly in just a few months.