All Marks & Spencer articles
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NewsSainsbury’s becomes latest retailer to back ‘Respect Retail’ campaign
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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NewsMarks & Spencer starts recruiting for new fashion distribution hub
Marks & Spencer has begun hiring staff for its Lichfield distribution centre, which will speed up delivery of its clothing to customers once operational.
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InterviewQ&A: Coco de Mer CEO on why collaborating with M&S was the perfect fit
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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NewsAldi and Lidl to be treated as “Large Grocery Retailers”, CMA confirms
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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NewsM&S brings The Sports Edit to life with new shop-in-shop concept
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.
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AnalysisRevealed: Brits to spend most with Amazon and Tesco this Christmas
One thousand UK consumers have shared how they plan to shop this golden quarter, and with which retailers, in exclusive research conducted for Retail Week’s Christmas Consumer report
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AnalysisTest drive: OpenAI introduces virtual try on within ChatGPT
OpenAI has launched new shopping features in ChatGPT for its over 1 billion weekly users, allowing them to virtually try on outfits.
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NewsM&S introduces Klarna at checkout
M&S has introduced flexible payments provider Klarna to its checkout options.
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AnalysisRetailers cut energy use by 8% in three years, then war wiped out the savings
The UK’s largest retailers cut their energy use by 8% between 2022 and 2025, but the jump in prices since the Iran war began has wiped out those savings
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NewsRetailers urge chancellor to raise national insurance threshold
M&S boss Stuart Machin and Sainsbury’s chief executive Simon Roberts were among the retailers talking to John Healey about the impact of higher national insurance contributions at Number 11 event yesterday
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Chart of the WeekEtsy is more visible on AI than all UK-owned retailers bar Tesco
The new Semrush AI Visibility Index reveals that Amazon was the retail brand mentioned most in AI answers in the year to September, except on Gemini, where Tesco prevailed
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InterviewZalando’s CTO: Some colleagues have got ‘superpowers’ through AI
Graeme Smith became chief technology officer at Zalando this summer, having previously worked at Amazon and YouTube. He speaks to Retail Week about managing tech costs, AI agents and the impact of GLP-1s on personalisation.
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NewsM&S partners with Coco de Mer for lingerie collection
Marks & Spencer has teamed up with lingerie brand Coco de Mer to design its most intimate collaboration to date.
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NewsM&S and John Lewis bosses urge chancellor to cut tax burden
The bosses of two major UK retailers, Marks & Spencer and John Lewis, have urged the chancellor to cut the tax burden facing high street retailers.
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NewsMarks & Spencer launches Christmas recruitment drive
Marks & Spencer will hire thousands of new colleagues over the Christmas period to support store teams.
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DataRanking: Tesco is the most valuable retail brand in the UK
The latest Kantar Brandz ranking values the country’s top grocer at $10.1bn (£7.6bn), making it the most valuable retail brand in the UK and eighth most valuable brand overall.
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Opinion‘M&S’ deal with Sephora looks like a boss move in a valuable market’
M&S is making a play in a highly competitive market. With a sale of Boots also on the cards, beauty retail looks poised for big changes, believes George MacDonald
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AnalysisExplainer: How the EU's new import charge has hit Shein's sales and helped others
Retailers have called for a similar charge to be brought in for the UK, where parcels under £135 remain exempt from customs duties until reforms take place.
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NewsM&S and Sephora enter partnership to bring new beauty destination to the high street
Marks & Spencer and Sephora have entered a major partnership to create a new beauty destination across selected stores.
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AnalysisPartnership update: Major supermarkets enter AI logistics partnership, Morrisons joins forces with consumer specialist firm, and more
Welcome to the Solutions Spotlight partnership update: Retail Week’s round-up of the latest innovative technology and supply chain tie-ups in retail.