All Marks & Spencer articles
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Chart of the WeekChart of the Week: Breaking down the UK’s £9.1bn social commerce spend
Selling via social media apps like TikTok Shop and Instagram will drive £9.1bn in revenue for non-food retailers in the UK over 2025, new research from Retail Economics and social commerce platform Unbox.
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NewsM&S launches week-long festive live shopping event
M&S has launched a week-long live shopping event as it promises to make “December’s whirlwind of festive prep effortless”.
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NewsMarks & Spencer turns to New Look to appoint stores innovation chief
Marks & Spencer has hired a stores innovation and implementation who joined today, Retail Week can reveal.
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FeatureFuture Leaders 2025 - Who will be the CEOs of the future?
Meet 20 of UK retail’s most promising leaders-in-waiting. Every individual on our list has the talent, drive and passion to make it to the top, and they’re going to need it if they want to succeed in an industry dominated by crushing government regulation, devastating cyberattacks, harrowing tales of abuse from the shop floor and more. Here are British retail’s future chief executives, but who would want to be one?
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NewsSosandar reports return to growth despite M&S cyber disruption
Sosandar has posted a return to revenue growth despite five months of ‘no material revenue’ from M&S.
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NewsM&S seeking 500 locations for new food stores
Marks & Spencer has revealed a list of 500 locations it is seeking out for new and renewed stores as it plans to double the size of its food arm.
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Opinion‘Black Friday isn’t just flawed, it’s self-sabotage’
Black Friday doesn’t drive incremental retail sales growth, all it does is disrupt demand patterns and redistribute spend, believes property consultancy Knight Frank’s Stephen Springham
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NewsRetailer payments back up and running after Cloudflare outage
Retailers affected by the Cloudflare outage are now reported to be back up and running following payment and checkout issues.
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AnalysisBlack Friday: Are retailers prepared for potential cyber attacks?
It’s been a turbulent time for retail this year as cyber attacks have devastated the industry. Most notable – and most damaging – was the hack on Marks & Spencer in April.
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NewsScrewfix appoints M&S director to lead commercial teams
Screwfix has appointed Heidi Woodhouse as its new commercial director.
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NewsMarks & Spencer launches food range in Australia
Marks & Spencer is to start selling an assortment of its food in partnership with an Australian retailer as it seeks to build its international business.
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FeatureReviewed: The best retailer Christmas adverts of the year
We’ve gathered a panel of experts from Adland to deliver their verdict on some of the biggest retailer adverts of 2025.
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AnalysisTikTok Shop predicts record-breaking Christmas after ‘breakout year’
In a year where TikTok Shop has gone mainstream, with the likes of M&S and Lidl launching on the platform, the live shopping app is gearing up to break all its records this Christmas.
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NewsMarks & Spencer appoints BA boss to board
The chief executive of British Airways has been named a non-executive director of Marks & Spencer.
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DataM&S tops Christmas ad YouTube views table so far
Data from YouTube UK’s Christmas Ads Leaderboard, shared exclusively with Retail Week, shows that Marks & Spencer’s ad tops the table six weeks before Christmas
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NewsM&S adds Hugo Boss to its online platform
Marks & Spencer has added Hugo Boss to its ‘Brands at M&S’ online platform as the retail giant continues to strengthen its menswear offer, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsMarks & Spencer strikes European fulfilment deal with Zalando
Marks & Spencer has forged a supply partnership with online fashion platform Zalando in Europe.
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NewsNo more M&S clothing-only boutiques likely following pilot
Marks & Spencer does not expect to open any more clothing-only branches following a trial branch, Retail Week can reveal.
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AnalysisM&S boss Machin on cyber attack recovery, Budget blues and Christmas prospects
Marks & Spencer’s chief executive Stuart Machin warned that Budget concerns are spooking shoppers, but was optimistic about Christmas as he steers the retailer forward after a devastating cyber attack.
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Chart of the WeekWhere will people watch Christmas ads this year?
A new poll by Kantar unsurprisingly shows that more people are excited about watching ads on social channels, but Brits are just as excited as last year about watching ads on TV