All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 90
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AnalysisAnalysis: Are the big grocers victims of anti-corporate sentiment among shoppers?
The big grocers are all looking to reconnect with customers as sales decline. Retail Week takes a look at whether anti-corporate sentiment is affecting the supermarkets.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why did M&S’s new website fail to click into place?
Marks & Spencer’s relaunched website suffered a sales decline – could the retailer have succeeded with greater attention to customer needs?
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OpinionComment: A retail finance director’s remit goes beyond numbers
Marks and Spencer and Tesco demonstrate that the role of the modern CFO does not stop at finance but extends into every aspect of retail.
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NewsFashion price tracker: Weekly womenswear data
Keep track of womenswear retailers’ average online price per item and percentage of products on markdown, from the week ending July 11.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Marks & Spencer’s website woes
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Marks and Spencer’s online offer in the wake of Bolland’s denial of a ‘botched’ launch.
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AnalysisIn the news: Tesco's new finance boss Alan Stewart
The departure of Marks & Spencer finance supremo Alan Stewart looks as if it came as unpleasant surprise to the food and fashion giant.
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NewsMarks & Spencer chief finance officer Alan Stewart to join Tesco
Marks & Spencer chief finance officer Alan Stewart is stepping down from the retailer to join Tesco.
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OpinionComment: M&S fall in online sales highlights the risks of replatforming
The hostile reaction to M&S’s disclosure of an 8% decline in online sales, following the launch of its new website, is a timely reminder of the risks involved in major replatforming programmes.
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OpinionBlog: Sir Philip's shopkeeping school has brought new talent into retail
Nine or 10 years ago I met Arcadia tycoon Sir Philip Green in Gresse Street, just behind Oxford Street and on the edge of the West End’s fashion district.
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NewsMarks and Spencer brussels up a new flavour of smoothie
Marks and Spencer are attempting to rebrand the infamous Brussels sprout with a series of new products including smoothies.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Marks & Spencer – a journey backwards
At a time when every multichannel retailer is relying on online sales to boost their overall like-for-like performance, at M&S it is the other way around.
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OpinionComment: When will Marks & Spencer fire on all cylinders?
If it’s not one thing it seems to be another at Marks & Spencer.
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NewsLive blog: Marks & Spencer AGM 2014
Keep track of events at Marks & Spencer’s AGM today, with live comments from Retail Week’s executive editor George MacDonald.
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NewsMarks & Spencer benefits from focus on full-price fashion sales
Reduced promotions and a customer shift towards ‘better’ and ‘best’ product helped Marks & Spencer make progress in the key clothing category in the first quarter.
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NewsMarks & Spencer boss Bolland: 'There’s no problem with our new website'
Marks & Spencer boss Marc Bolland has denied there are problems with its new online platform and pledged web growth in time for peak trading.
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NewsGrocers' shelves stripped bare on the Tour De France route
Grocers on the route of the Tour De France had their shelves stripped bare as cycling fans headed to supermarkets to pick up supplies.
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NewsMarks & Spencer like-for-likes edge up but website hits sales
Marks & Spencer UK like-for-likes edged up 0.3% but sales from the retailer’s relaunched website fell 8.1% over its first quarter.
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OpinionComment: La Senza’s Oxford Street flagship tells a story
Can the cost of creating flagships in high-profile locations really be justified or are they large nails in retail coffins?
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AnalysisFashion price tracker: Weekly womenswear data
Keep track of womenswear retailers’ average online price per item and percentage of products on markdown.
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NewsGrocery market declines as World Cup fails to boost sales
The grocery market suffered a second consecutive period of year-on-year decline in the four weeks to June 21.