All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 89
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GalleryStore gallery: M&S and Waitrose combine snacking with shopping
‘Grazing’ is a trend gaining traction in supermarkets as retailers look at new ways of engaging shoppers. Retail Week samples what is on offer.
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NewsAsda overtakes Marks & Spencer to become second largest fashion brand
Asda’s George clothing label has overtaken Marks & Spencer to become the second largest fashion brand by volume.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Online retailing hits 20 years
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on the retailers and etailers who have profited from online retail in the last 20 years.
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NewsMarks & Spencer 'firing on all cylinders' ahead of Christmas, say food boss
Marks & Spencer is “firing on all cylinders” and prepared to deliver this Christmas, according to its food boss Steve Rowe.
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OpinionComment: M&S’s Laura Wade-Gery on 20 years of online retail and what comes next
This month marks 20 years since what is believed to be the first secure internet shopping transaction took place, when on 11th August 1994 a shopper in the US purchased a Sting CD online at NetMarket.
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NewsSir Stuart Rose to be handed peerage by Conservatives
Sir Stuart Rose, the former Marks & Spencer boss, who currently chairs Ocado and Fat Face, is expected to be handed a peerage.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Retailers profit from the sweltering summer
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on how retail sales have performed as temperatures rise during the summer season.
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AnalysisMarketing campaign: Marks & Spencer celebrates children's every milestone
At this time of year it is virtually impossible to escape ‘back to school’ adverts and they are usually a drab affair as retailers go through the motions.
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NewsInfographic: Fashion price tracker – online womenswear data
Fashion price data from July 31, 2014: The average online price per item and percentage of products on markdown from the top womenswear retailers.
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OpinionComment: As it revises full-year profits up again, what is Next doing right?
There’s no doubt that Next is now an established leader on the British high street. Its stores are everywhere and yummy mummies rave about it.
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AnalysisAnalysis: M&S' new IT director Carl Dawson's To Do List
M&S poached Tesco’s Carl Dawson to become its new IT director. Retail Week looks at what he needs to focus on in his new role.
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NewsMarks & Spencer poaches Tesco internet chief information officer
Tesco chief information officer for internet retailing Carl Dawson is to join Marks & Spencer as IT director.
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AnalysisPoultry hygiene: What do retailers need to know?
With Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer undertaking major inquiries into their chicken sources, Retail Week looks at what retailers need to know about poultry hygiene.
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Tesco, Sainsbury’s and M&S investigate poultry hygiene after industry exposé
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer have launched inquiries into chicken supplies after an exposé of alleged hygiene failings in the poultry industry.
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AnalysisChristmas in July: Top 10 festive foods for 2014
Arguably the most important part of Christmas, the food on offer this year seems to be even more luxurious than normal.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Aldi, Tesco, Sainsbury's and more
Retail news round-up on July 24, 2014: Aldi launches equestrian clothing range, grocers launch inquiries into ‘contaminated’ poultry and supermarkets mislead cutomers with ‘fake’ discounts.
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NewsInfographic: Fashion price tracker – online womenswear data
Fashion price data from July 23, 2014: The average online price per item and percentage of products on markdown from the top ten womenswear retailers.
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NewsMarks & Spencer plans Saudi Arabia expansion
Marks & Spencer has laid down plans to bolster its presence in the Middle East with ten new stores set to open in Saudi Arabia by April next year.
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OpinionComment: Tesco's new boss inherits a grocer bereft of identity
Phil Clarke’s departure from Tesco, while perhaps no great surprise, suggests that the retailer is further in the mire than we might have realised.
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AnalysisPhilip Clarke's departure from Tesco: What the analysts say
Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke is stepping down after a profit warning and will be replaced by Unilever personal care global president Dave Lewis. Retail Week takes a look at what the analysts say.