All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 97
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NewsMarks & Spencer Food has not felt the 'Aldi effect' says confident Bolland
Marks & Spencer’s food division has not suffered from the ‘Aldi effect’ and the timing of Easter is behind flat headline like-for-likes in the fourth quarter, chief executive Marc Bolland maintained.
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NewsMarks & Spencer like-for-likes flat but clothing sales improve
Under-pressure Marks & Spencer reported flat like-for-likes but its clothing performance picked up over the fourth quarter.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on The Co-operative Group, Marks & Spencer and Ocado
Retail news round-up on April 10, 2014: Lord Myners resigns from Co-op board, M&S reaffirms its commitment to China and Ocado to shun partnerships for the next two years.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The good, the bad and the ugly of mobile retail sites
Retailers’ mobile sites should feature a clear search box, offer predictive text and clearly indicate out of stock items, according to a report examining user journeys.
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NewsMarks & Spencer to offer online order collection from 4,300 locations in France
Marks & Spencer is to tap into a network of 4,300 online order collection points in France as it increasingly adopts a multichannel approach to international expansion.
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OpinionComment: Can M&S replicate international success at home?
Marks & Spencer’s international growth could re-invigorate the business at home and away.
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AnalysisMap: Marks & Spencer's global store footprint
As Marks & Spencer’s reveals plans to open 250 new overseas stores over the next three years, Retail Week looks at where the retailer currently trades.
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NewsMarks & Spencer plots 250 new overseas stores
Marks & Spencer is ramping up its international expansion with plans for 250 new overseas stores by 2017.
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NewsMarks & Spencer IT boss Darrell Stein to join Reckitt Benckiser
Marks & Spencer IT director Darrell Stein is to join consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser as senior vice-president for information services.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How travel retail went from waste of time to strategically crucial
Travel retail has undergone a renaissance over the past few years that has turned airports and stations into shopping destinations. Retail Week charts how it happened.
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OpinionComment: Next’s results show it is a retailer for all seasons
Next’s shift from seasonal to on-demand retail seems to be paying dividends.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is Marks & Spencer’s latest starry ad enough to win back shoppers?
The photographer’s Annie Leibovitz. The models are a mix of successful, inspirational and well-known faces from actress Emma Thompson to Baroness Lawrence, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen.
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NewsMarks & Spencer's property and IT directors to exit in summer
Marks & Spencer’s longstanding property director, Clem Constantine, and IT director Darrell Stein are leaving the business.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on M&S, Phones4u, Co-op and Lidl
Retail news round-up on March 25, 2014: Two senior M&S executives to leave this summer, Phones4u owner BC Partners sound out Dixons executives for possible tie-up, Co-op unveils new £400m funding gap, Lidl appoints Sven Seidel as chief executive
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NewsMarks & Spencer reveals all-star line-up for new womenswear campaign
Marks & Spencer has unveiled another impressive line-up of influential women for its new womenswear marketing campaign.
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OpinionComment: In-store tech must offer shoppers benefits they can’t get on a phone
Planet Retail global research director Rob Gregory warns that jumping on the in-store technology bandwagon needs careful consideration.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Next - how to move the goalposts
Next’s financial disciplines have served it well over the years and created huge shareholder value, so do they need to move the goalposts?
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NewsMarks & Spencer loses further market share in clothing
Marks & Spencer has suffered a further market share decline in the crucial fashion category, it is understood.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Nine standout retail technology projects from the past year
What are the best IT projects of the past year? Retail Week takes a look at some of the projects helping to change the way things are done in retail.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Home Retail, M&S and Irish consumer prices
Retail news round-up on March 14, 2014: Argos owner Home Retail gets pulled into PPI scandal, Marks & Spencer casts Doreen Lawrence in ad campaign and Irish consumer prices up 0.5% in February