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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Sainsbury’s becomes latest retailer to back ‘Respect Retail’ campaign
2026-10-29T12:45:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Grocery giant Sainsbury’s has become the latest retailer to back the Retail Trust’s ‘Respect Retail’ campaign aimed at getting customers to treat staff with “respect and kindness” and raise awareness of the impact of crime and abuse on shop workers.
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Marks & Spencer starts recruiting for new fashion distribution hub
2026-10-28T11:09:00+00:00By George MacDonald
Marks & Spencer has begun hiring staff for its Lichfield distribution centre, which will speed up delivery of its clothing to customers once operational.
Interview
Q&A: Coco de Mer CEO on why collaborating with M&S was the perfect fit
2026-10-27T07:00:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
Luxury lingerie specialist Coco de Mer has never had a more exciting launch or driven so much traffic to its website until it released a collection with M&S.

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Aldi and Lidl to be treated as “Large Grocery Retailers”, CMA confirms

2026-10-22T11:35:00+01:00By George Arnett

The UK’s competition regulator confirmed its decision to apply the same land agreement rules to the discounters that other major grocers have to follow

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M&S brings The Sports Edit to life with new shop-in-shop concept

2026-10-21T15:06:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan

M&S has introduced more than a dozen leading sports and lifestyle brands to one of its stores as it brings to life The Sports Edit in a physical retail environment, Retail Week can reveal.

Revealed: Brits to spend most with Amazon and Tesco this Christmas
2026-10-19T10:54:00+01:00In paid partnership with Vypr, By Rebecca Taylor
Test drive: OpenAI introduces virtual try on within ChatGPT
2026-10-19T06:00:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
M&S introduces Klarna at checkout
2026-10-15T11:29:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan
Retailers cut energy use by 8% in three years, then war wiped out the savings
2026-10-14T15:00:00+01:00By Francisco Uranga

Etsy is more visible on AI than all UK-owned retailers bar Tesco
2026-10-14T00:01:00+01:00By George Arnett
Retailers urge chancellor to raise national insurance threshold
2026-10-14T06:53:00+01:00By George Arnett
Zalando’s CTO: Some colleagues have got ‘superpowers’ through AI
2026-10-13T16:16:00+01:00By George Arnett
M&S partners with Coco de Mer for lingerie collection
2026-10-12T11:33:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan

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