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Bolland bonus under threat as profits likely to fall
Marks & Spencer’s chief executive Marc Bolland’s bonus is under threat as the retailer’s profits are expected to fall.
Bolland to scale back M&S growth target
Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland is expected to admit his plan to add £3bn of sales in three years was too ambitious.
M&S launches Simply M&S food range with value focus
Marks & Spencer is aiming to boost its food basket size with the introduction of a new brand, Simply M&S, which offers everyday food and kitchen cupboard staples at competitive prices.
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Primark poaches M&S man for pivotal group sourcing role
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Online retailers set to gain from new trust mark
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Tesco market share slips as Asda continues to gain
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Sir Stuart Rose criticises Sunday trading relaxation
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Retail Week Conference: day two highlights
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Marks & Spencer sets up Savile Row office
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M&S launches new multichannel store format
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Fairtrade sales hit £1.3bn as Morrisons makes commitment
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M&S suffers further blow as new channels boss Aubrey-Cound quits
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M&S general merchandise brand director Jones leaves
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Store stocks rise as retailers refocus
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M&S online customer feedback soars
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SuperGroup sets trend to cut prices but not quality
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Food retailers slide as sentiment worsens
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Retailers take longer to pay suppliers
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M&S extends opening times in run-up to Christmas
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Bleak sales growth adds to retail woe
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Grocery spending stalls in November, Nielsen reports
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Tesco expected to win Christmas food spend
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M&S lingerie ad deemed 'socially irresponsible'
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Rivals woo M&S fashion boss Bostock
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Retailers squeeze their suppliers as spending stalls
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Bolland and King highlight changing shopper behaviour
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In pictures: M&S Food on the Move
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Video: M&S screens new Christmas TV ad featuring X Factor contestants
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First M&S Food on the Move store to be trialled in London
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Mothercare suffers but retail improves
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Big grocers avoid worst of price falls
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Marks & Spencer to recruit 200 graduates
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New Look loses ecommerce director McBrien to M&S
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M&S fined £1m for asbestos breaches
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Economic recovery in jeopardy from planning system, say leading retailers
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General stores win out over the grocers
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Westfield Stratford City opens
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Marks & Spencer strengthens brand marketing team
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Big names suffer amid tough trading concerns
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M&S becomes exclusive fashion partner for The X Factor
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M&S names partner to build multichannel platform
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Resilient retail stocks flagged up as stock markets plunge
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Wade-Gery appoints number two to bolster online business
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M&S found guilty over asbestos failings
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M&S to reveal food brands
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Marks & Spencer makes market share gains as sales rise
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M&S launches earlier summer Sale
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Marks and Spencer reveals bumper pay-outs for Bolland and Rose
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Retailers sign up to responsible retailing guide for kidswear
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Sir Stuart Rose calls for review into gap between executive and staff pay
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Boots chief Gourlay champions high street improvement drive
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Retail valuations stay solid as confidence rises
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Profits rise as M&S makes market share gains
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Bolland mulls moving M&S more upmarket
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Footfall suffers as royal fever grips nation
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M&S raids Mars and John Lewis to fill key roles
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Wade-Gery to join Marks & Spencer in July
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Ann Summers pulls Your S&M campaign after Marks & Spencer threatens legal action
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Morrisons picks upmarket towns for c-store pilot
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French renaissance: Marks & spencer returns to paris
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M&S general merchandise suffers but food holds up
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Marks & Spencer unveils bricks and clicks launch in France
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Higher income shoppers will keep spending
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M&S use of Interflora as a keyword on Google may be stopped
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Grocers back Government healthy living pledge
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Brokers believe the ‘worst is over’ for M&S share price
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Ex-Sainsbury’s head of clothing joins M&S
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Retailers back eco-label clothing plan
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New Look’s Horspool to head design at Oasis
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Tesco drives Clubcard loyalty online
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Wade-Gery hiring ‘shows M&S is thinking ahead’
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Egypt riots close stores and ground shipments
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Supermarket sales dip in January
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Marks & Spencer to open Champs-Elysees store this summer
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O2 launches own free in-store Wi-fi
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M&S says retailers need to back Hugh’s Fish Fight
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Marks & Spencer launches Plan A fashion range
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Consumers will still carry on shopping, M&S chief believes
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Store chiefs to attend Cameron jobs summit
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Sir Stuart Rose ends six-year tenure at M&S
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Leaked cable reveals 'repugnant anti-semitic campaign' against M&S Tripoli store
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M&S hit online by Amazon site failure
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Christmas on ice
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Bangladeshi textile workers clash with police over pay
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Marks & Spencer and Waitrose gain food sales, Nielsen reports
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Mobile to be 30% of sales in 3 years, says Asos boss
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Marks & Spencer celebrates achievement of 70 Plan A targets
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Bolland’s plan for M&S can restore £1bn profit
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La Senza to widen appeal and target M&S customers
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Bolland plans clearout of brands as M&S profits rise
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M&S on track to hit £500m online sales over Christmas
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M&S mulls plot to return to Europe
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Rose: internet will be Marks & Spencer's international launchpad
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M&S launches electricals recycling service
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Marks & Spencer to hire 20,000 Christmas staff
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M&S UK like-for-likes climb 5.3%
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M&S reaches 1.2m unique visitors with mobile-optimised site
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Marks & Spencer director slams retailer’s eco kettles
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M&S splashes out on ads
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Asda’s George poaches top Marks & Spencer executive
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City approves of Swannell’s appointment as M&S chair
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Marks & Spencer to open in Egypt
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M&S appoints Joanna Lumley as eco ambassador
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Marks & Spencer sales hit by stock shortage
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Marks & Spencer launches summer ad campaign
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Lidl makes fresh move as Easter battle begins
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Bolland: green agenda must be as evocative as the 'American Dream'
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Marks & Spencer veteran Andrew Skinner leaves the business
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India's cotton export ban sparks inflation fears
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Tesco online food sales to double in next five years
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M&S debuts outlet website
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Asda records strong Christmas performance
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Scottish Government sets out detail on 'supermarket tax'
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Blue Inc posts Christmas sales rise
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Asda outstrips rivals over festive period
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Food sales drive M&S Christmas performance as general merchandise suffers
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Online shopping spree leads to delivery chaos
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New year brings no joy for store stocks
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Aldi and M&S lead way with vow to absorb Irish VAT rise
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Post-sales service vital for multichannel offer
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Plan A on course at M&S
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M&S aims to make most of online customer data
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Fashion retailers set to sign up to Wembley City
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Sir Stuart Rose backs Blue Inc
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Drama dominates as Kesa sells Comet
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Marks & Spencer suffers half year profits drop
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Former Marks and Spencer man Sheen to head up Gatwick Airport retail team
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Uncertain outlook knocks retailers hard
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Marks & Spencer launches French website
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M&S launches click and collect dining
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Marks & Spencer asks suppliers for contribution to store overhaul programme
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M&S gives its Christmas ads the X Factor
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Retailers wage Sales war
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M&S brand to challenge rival supermarkets
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Long queues form as Westfield Stratford City open its doors
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Marks & Spencer is to invest £600m in store revamps
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Shopper’s thrifty approach is just pants
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M&S launches second phase of sustainable cotton project
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Birmingham looters may receive shop bans
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Riot clean-up: Londoners sweep the streets
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M&S signs up to anchor reborn Bradford scheme
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Inflation hits grocery volumes
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'M&S girls' ditched from TV ads
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General retail cheer despite torrid trading
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Eastgate Quarters retail centre given go-ahead
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Pigs will fly before this sandwich sells
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M&S to shake-up executive pay plan
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Electricals market hit by World Cup comps
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Marks & Spencer raids Arcadia for brand director
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Flat market masks big risers and fallers
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M&S shopfloor staff gain power to improve customer experience
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M&S clothing supremo Bostock 'never wanted' to be boss
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M&S strengthens food team with creation of new trading boss role
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City expecting better news from retailers
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M&S deputy chairman Michels to stand down
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Marks & Spencer bids for kidswear market share in tie-up with ITV
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M&S launches carbon neutral lingerie
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M&S posts steady update but warns of drop in confidence
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Bad news hammers store stocks yet again
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Marks & Spencer considers new pay structure
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Speculation swirls around Rose's holding in Marks & Spencer
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Marks & Spencer strikes design partnership with Sir Terence Conran
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Video: Marks & Spencer shifts marketing focus
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Stores shorten Royal Wedding hours
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New plan for Leeds development anchored by M&S and John Lewis
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Marks & Spencer poaches Sara Bradley
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Restructure at House of Fraser claims brand director Chambers
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Marks & Spencer hires Inditex man to lead international expansion
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‘Morally indefensible’ Portas show slammed
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Marks & Spencer poaches Tesco's Laura Wade-Gery
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Game poaches M&S director Dave Hughes
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£1m raised for Retail Trust
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Marks & Spencer restructures womenswear management team
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Changes expected at Marks & Spencer's clothing arm
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Sir Stuart Rose joins Woolworths South Africa
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Marks & Spencer joins location-based marketing scheme
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Marks & Spencer posts 2.8% Christmas like-for-like sales rise
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Retailers fear tough year as VAT rise kicks in
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Marks & Spencer considers opening banks in 55 stores
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Dixons, Home Retail and HMV among most at risk from snow disruption
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M&S to open first store in Egypt and third in China
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Scottish minister attacks retailers over delivery problems
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Marks & Spencer extends Christmas opening hours at 200 shops
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All-party group pledges to make MPs aware of retail’s importance
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Marks & Spencer unveils rail distribution plans as part of Plan A
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Marks & Spencer showcases spring 11 collection
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Today to expand with first shop outside London
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Rose sells shares as Bolland outlines vision
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Analyst warns on clothing margin pressures
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Marks & Spencer unveils Christmas ad
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Debenhams sticks to its guns over Christmas promotions
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M&S launches disposable chocolate box
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Retailers back coalition's public spending cuts
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Record levels of promotions fail to lift grocery sales
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M&S experiments with standalone beauty shop
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Retailers start raising prices ahead of VAT increase
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Sir Stuart Rose joins private equity firm Bridgepoint
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Sector fears cause general retailers to be downgraded
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M&S makes tracks for rail distribution first
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Marks & Spencer to press ahead with Midlands store closures
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Pop-up shops: Going from strength to strength
Pop-up shops have come a long way from being attention-grabbing fads to brand mainstays that can make serious money.
Christmas future
Break out and hang up the decorations, Christmas windows are once more upon us. But is it a case of same old, same old, or are retailers offering something new? John Ryan reports.
Is Westfield London standing the test of time?
Westfield London is approaching its third anniversary, but is the more mature sister of the Stratford mall standing the test of time? John Ryan reports on how brands have helped maintain its appeal.
The green wall of Sheffield
Marks & Spencer’s new Simply Food store in Sheffield successfully fuses an innovative eco-friendly design with an inviting shopping environment. John Ryan pays a visit.
Store Designs on the future
Store design may have been on the back burner in the past 12 months, but John Ryan finds 2010 is shaping up to be better
Marks & Spencer – Colliers Wood
The biggest store from Marks and Spencer in a decade is in a South London suburb.
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Solving the supply chain dilemma
Should online and store stock be managed from one place, or is it best to separate the two? Rachael Revesz looks at developing a supply chain.
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Diamond Jubilee: Raising consumer spirits
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London 2012 Olympics: The final countdown
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Retail developments: Reigniting stalled schemes
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Trinity Leeds: A new heart of the city
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How to cut energy costs
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Analysis: Marks & Spencer's buying slip-up
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Marks & Spencer fourth quarter: what the analysts say
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H&M’s brand new approach
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Daily deal sites: Can Groupon and LivingSocial help retail sales?
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Driving logistics efficiency
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How can IT drive international expansion?
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M-commerce: Making the most of mobile
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Multichannel directors: Driving a retail revolution
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Retail’s work record under fire
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A safe passage to India
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International expansion: Lost in translation
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The big picture of development
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A new breed of retail boss
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Plan for overseas growth
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10 ways to compete with Amazon
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It’s a wrap: Christmas performance revealed
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Grocers: The final countdown
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2011: The year in retail
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Christmas adverts: Who are the winners and losers?
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Analysis: The out-of-town fashion set
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Which 100 brands are providing the best customer experience?
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Marks & Spencer: Finding its way
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Clearing up and moving on
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Crunch time for the grocers
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The new advertising landscape
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Nick Hollingworth
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Join the social club
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Reasons to be cheerful
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Bringing manufacturing home
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Why fast fashion can be eco-fashion
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Jacqueline Gold
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Colin Holmes
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The Sainsbury's plan for growth
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Can you crack America?
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How to drive growth in a tough market
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Running up the down escalator
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Rose: The man with the plan
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Not just a campaign
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Interview: Sir Stuart Rose - Mr M&S
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A tribute to Rose
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How Leahy transformed Tesco’s business in the UK
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Can you cut it?
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Jan Heere
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Laura Wade-Gery
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Joining forces to stop retail crime
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Christmas Trading: The good, the bad, and the ugly
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How many stores does a retailer need?
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Rose: the legacy
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More or less?
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It’s almost Christmas......Anybody really care?
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The right tool for the job
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Jingle all the way
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Passing on the VAT increase
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Get online returns right
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A big day for retailers and royalists alike
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The green tax goes off-colour
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Weathering the fashion costs storm
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The influence of online on global retail
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How online is changing the outlet model
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Can workers provide a big break for WHSmith?
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Canary Wharf: Shopping for suits comes of age
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The art of being chosen
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Quality takes upper hand in value battle
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The price is light?
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What stops FDs getting the top retail jobs?
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Sustainability: The Start line
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Letting the tills ring out
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Promoted to death?
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The Asda family tree
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Print advertising remains central to retailers
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How the plus-size market is becoming a big deal
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No retailer is an island
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Steve Rowe: M&S’s man on the frontline
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There’s a brand new world in store
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What’s waiting in Marc Bolland’s in-tray at M&S?
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The green team
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Kate Bostock: general merchandise boss brings deft touch to M&S
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Capital Shopping Centres opens Eldon Square extension
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Retailers must make their own luck in 2010
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One New Change: Big change in the big City
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Business sales: retail makeover tactics
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Anthony Thompson: new Fat Face chief is a product man
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10 big questions for 2010 in retail
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Inside the box: Christmas adverts
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Marc Bolland: taking the helm at Marks & Spencer
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Is the property market moving in favour of the landlords again?
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Waste Management: Retail is not a throwaway business
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Will John Dixon be Sir Stuart Rose's successor?
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Older workers invaluable to retail
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Through the keyhole of retailers’ headquarters
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The retail awards no one wants to win
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Retail finance directors: More than just number crunchers
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Sir Stuart Rose
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At home with M&S
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Retail staffing: Power to the People
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Ground control: How Marks & Spencer ensures fair trade really is fair
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Green light
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M&S has no time to revel in its glory as share price plummets
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The weirdest jobs in retail
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Power to the people
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Returns policies: 28 days later
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The importance of being earnest
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The end of the affair?
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On the back foot
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Minimum wage, minimum effort
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Promises, promises: retailers fulfilling pre-Christmas online orders
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New kid on the block
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Where’s the festive spirit?
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Christmas ads: Let battle commence
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Gainsborough’s Marshall’s Yard: Birth of a renaissance
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Women in retail: It’s a man’s world
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Retail parks innovate as DIY stores slow expansion
Will Bolland's initiatives shape up for M&S?
Next week brings the main opportunity to find out how Marc Bolland’s strategy at Marks & Spencer is progressing when the retail bellwether posts full-year results.
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Making the most of the summer of sport
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M&S still a work in progress
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Attack on Tesco shows lack of respect for retail
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Forget trivia, focus on what matters
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Vertical expansion increases margins
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Hard work begins as retail fortunes diverge
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Retail can raise the UK’s spirits
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No room for error as promotions drive retail
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M&S strategy looks sound
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Marks & Spencer on the Move
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M&S steady in rough seas
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Price wars are fine, but what about the suppliers?
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M&S’s strongest brand is Marks & Spencer
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Strictly come M&S
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M&S in good shape, but tougher times lie ahead
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M&S cruising?
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Tesco shines in central Europe
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Is M&S uninspiring?
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For M&S’s Bolland, success is in the detail
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Superdry: the danger of being clunky
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Pushing water uphill
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Asos typifies online success
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M&S moving steadily through choppy waters
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Public retailers in pole position
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Brands and mortar
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Two all-time retail greats
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M&S machine cranks into gear
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Retail in the community
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Wade-Gery points the way to future of M&S
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Bolland spreads M&S’s wings
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My new year’s retail resolutions
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Christmas was duff, but no need for panic
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Differentiation will be key in 2011
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Will Bolland’s caution be enough for M&S?
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A meeting of retail migrants
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M&S’s overseas conundrum
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Retail can innovate in social media
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Stores’ future hinges on multichannel success
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History repeating itself at M&S
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Tough times will sort men from the boys
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Twittering on about social media
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A new era of calm on the cards at M&S
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M&S’s online food for thought
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Co-operation’s what you need
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Flat outlook for retail shares
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Watchdog is bad news, but grocers will cope
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Fat chance
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Armed forces: A talent pool retailers shouldn’t ignore
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Debenhams feels the love
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No cause to downgrade retail
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Don’t be pilloried over pay
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Do retail leaders need retail experience?
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A matter of quality
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Property on the board
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Bolland needs to make most of his honeymoon
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Reflections on Lakeside
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Best Buy will have an electrifying effect on UK
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Bolland can refine M&S execution
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Retail’s best are coming from FMCG marketing
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Justin King and Sir Stuart Rose’s lessons for Marc Bolland
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The challenges facing Dalton Philips and Marc Bolland
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Stores for the digital age
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Seven lessons from a blockbuster Christmas
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Spotlight to fall on retail leadership
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The rules of social engagement
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Marc Bolland’s Marks & Spencer food conundrum
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Marc Bolland was the answer to Marks & Spencer’s prayers
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Marc Bolland is a good choice for the toughest job in retail
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Marc Bolland for M&S: not the fashionable choice?
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Marks & Spencer takes a bigger bite
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M&S ‘audition’ leaves questions not answers
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Kate Bostock’s impact at Marks & Spencer should not be overlooked
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A battle has been won at Marks & Spencer
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Should Marks & Spencer be scared?
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Running Marks & Spencer – a poisoned chalice?
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Retail legends are set to bring much needed newness to the high street
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The right thing for M&S would be the wrong thing for high streets
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Could Marc Bolland be the answer to Marks & Spencer’s prayers?
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Tables could turn in grocery
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E-tail’s debt to the old retail greats
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A kick in the ballots
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Marks & sparks as Sir Stuart Rose and Sir David Jones face shareholder concern
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Who is the right face for Marks & Spencer?
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Is Andy Bond the man for M&S?
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Francis Salway departure would be retail’s loss
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Retailers have moved beyond shock and onto practicalities
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Should UK retailers stay home?
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It’s worth playing the long game
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In praise of visual merchandising
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Is Westminster beckoning for Next’s Simon Wolfson?
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IT: winning the right retail battles
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What hope for a swift recovery?
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The taste of Tweet success
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March retail sales something to celebrate
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Waitrose heads for the road
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Sir Stuart Rose and Tony Shiret: the dream team?
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Video and mobile will be must-haves for online retail
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M&S was right to spend on stores
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Do shoppers know it's Christmas?
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House of Fraser: to Sale or not to Sale?
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VAT reduction just doesn’t cut it
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M&S versus Debenhams is only round one
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Is M&S right to hope for the best?
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Marks & Spooks
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Slim pickings
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What's Next?
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Who’s the greendaddy?
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The Retail Week – July 11, 2008
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Marks is no Primark – nor should it be
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Competitiveness is key for M&S
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The Retail Week – July 4, 2008
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M&S SOS
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This is not just the market…
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On doing the right thing
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The Retail Week – May 30, 2008
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The Retail Week – May 23, 2008
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Property is key to M&S success
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Will £1bn profit bring M&S joy?
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The customer is always right…
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The Retail Week: April 25, 2008
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Nose for a bargain
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The Retail Week – April 4, 2008
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Rose is in the driving seat
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Stark reality from Rose
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M&S has been here before
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Why charity and retail gets the green light
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The Retail Week – February 29
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Get behind Fairtrade
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A rest is as good as a change
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The Retail Week - February 15, 2008
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Is love in the air?
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London could fuel the UK
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M&S is symptom of wider illness
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On setting expectations
