All Marks & Spencer articles
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NewsMarks & Spencer relaunches Sparks loyalty programme
Marks Spencer will relaunch an overhauled Sparks loyalty scheme next week after making changes in response to customer views.
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M&S and Next eye Victoria’s Secret UK arm
High street stalwarts Marks Spencer and Next are understood to be mulling bids for beleaguered lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret’s UK division.
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Analysis
Deep dive: Can fashion recover from its worst year in history?
No retail category has been hit worse by the coronavirus outbreak than fashion. The pandemic has not only upended supply chains – it has obliterated consumer demand. Retail Week looks at the future for this embattled retail sector.
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M&S boss Rowe pledges action on racism and diversity
Marks Spencer chief executive Steve Rowe has made a personal commitment to staff to take “urgent action” to address racism and diversity in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Analysis
Analysis: Never waste a crisis – how coronavirus galvanised retail
In the space of a few months, Britain and its retailers have been plunged into a crisis the scale of which few would ever have imagined.
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M&S chair Norman: We are working in ‘ways we have never operated before’
The chair of Marks Spencer says the coronavirus emergency has forced the retailer to operate “in ways we have never operated before”.
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Analysis
Analysis: How fashion retailers can offload £15bn of old stock without huge Sales
With non-essential retail stores just weeks away from reopening their doors, many retailers now have to contend with the excess out-of-season stock that has piled up in both stores and warehouses.
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Grocery sales rise as online shopping gains ground
Sales of take-home groceries have surged and food retailers’ online growth reached new heights, the latest grocery market share data has shown.
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Opinion
Opinion: On June 15, retailers need to remind shoppers of what they’ve missed
Some reassuring news accompanied Marks Spencer’s results last week – the rate of coronavirus infection among its staff was no worse than among the general population.
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Analysis
Deep dive: Can M&S become the nation’s favourite shop again?
Marks Spencer is often referred to as the nation’s favourite retailer, a stalwart of the British high street that has clothed and fed families for generations. But M S has been floundering for almost two decades as its clothing offer fell out of favour and it was usurped ...
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Marks & Spencer raids Asda’s George for online clothing boss
Marks Spencer has hired a vice-president of Asda’s George brand to head its online clothing business as it pivots further to be a digital-first retailer.
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Marks & Spencer profits tumble as coronavirus hits bottom line
Marks Spencer has reported falls in group sales and profit before tax, largely blaming the ongoing coronavirus pandemic for burying green shoots of promise.
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M&S launches sale as it brings forward start date for new fashion boss
Marks Spencer has announced a 50% sale on clothing, on the same day it bought forward the start date of its new clothing and homewares boss Richard Price.
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Marks & Spencer to start reopening cafes
Marks Spencer is to reopen 49 in-store cafes from tomorrow, serving takeaway hot drinks only.
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Analysis
Analysis: Coronavirus – the devastating impact on fashion’s supply chain
As shuttered fashion retailers cancel orders, suppliers around the world face a bleak future. Grace Bowden looks at the impact of the coronavirus crisis on retail’s supply chain.
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Ocado and M&S product switchover on track despite coronavirus
Ocado has all but guaranteed that it will meet its September switchover deadline as part of its joint venture with Marks Spencer, despite the constraints caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Opinion
Opinion: Retailers must adopt new normals for post-coronavirus world
“Won’t it be great when things are back to normal?” you hear people say.
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M&S bolsters non-exec team with two new appointments
Marks Spencer has added former Saatchi and Saatch chief executive Tamara Ingram and Compass executive director Sapna Sood to its non-executive board.
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Marks & Spencer secures fresh funding and warns of ‘subdued’ trading
Marks Spencer has secured fresh funding as it moves to shore up its balance sheet during the coronavirus crisis.
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Marks & Spencer acts to support clothing suppliers during pandemic
Marks Spencer has implemented a raft of measures to help suppliers ride out disruption during the coronavirus outbreak.
