Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is one of the most famous names in UK retail, but it has its roots in humble beginnings. Michael Marks and Tom Spencer opened the retailer’s first store in Leeds in 1894, and it has since grown into one of the biggest clothing and food retailers in the UK. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Marks & Spencer and the fashion and grocery sectors.

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M&S makes new round of price cuts on everyday food
2026-06-10T14:44:00+01:00By George MacDonald
Marks & Spencer has reduced the prices of 65 “shopping list essentials”, bringing its investment in lower prices to £30m this year.
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Marks & Spencer names partner in Asian franchise deal
2026-06-08T15:15:00+01:00By George MacDonald
Marks & Spencer is expanding its international business after striking a new franchise deal for the Philippines.
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Marks & Spencer launches youth training scheme amid rising unemployment
2026-06-08T05:49:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Marks & Spencer is launching a paid training scheme aimed at tackling what it calls the “growing youth unemployment challenge”, creating 1,000 places for 16 to 24-year-olds across the UK and Ireland over the next 18 months.

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Marks & Spencer makes new appointments in food leadership restructure

2026-06-04T12:16:00+01:00By George MacDonald

Marks & Spencer has reshaped the team leading its strongly performing food division, including two new appointments, Retail Week can reveal.

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M&S chair: Britain has never been ‘less friendly to growth’

2026-06-02T06:45:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan

Marks & Spencer chair Archie Norman has warned that Britain has “rarely in history” been this anti-growth.

‘It’s nonsensical to make hiring harder as youth unemployment climbs’
2026-05-29T12:00:00+01:00By George MacDonald
M&S launches staff safety app and aims to make stores ‘safe spaces’
2026-05-28T13:06:00+01:00By George MacDonald
Grocery inflation eases as Lidl leapfrogs Morrisons as fifth-largest grocer
2026-05-27T07:00:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
M&S boss Machin on ‘preposterous’ price cap proposal, Middle East impact and coming back from cyber attack
2026-05-20T14:51:00+01:00By George MacDonald

M&S grows second-half profits despite cyber chaos
2026-05-20T06:52:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
M&S acquires ex-Asos warehouse for £67.5m
2026-05-11T09:34:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan
‘In these troubling times, retail shouldn’t forget Jewish people’s great contribution to the industry’
2026-05-07T16:02:00+01:00By George MacDonald
Tech: What M&S, New Look and Morrisons are prioritising
2026-04-24T12:01:00+01:00By Megan Robinson

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