All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 142
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OpinionReflections on Lakeside
It may be one of the older regional shopping centres, but the refurbished Lakeside looks good - with a few quibbles.
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Opinion
Not just any new boss
There won’t have been many people around at Marks & Spencer’s Paddington head office yesterday, but new chief executive Marc Bolland was.
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NewsWestfield Stratford signs raft of retailers
Westfield has said it has made “excellent progress” at its Stratford shopping centre, with a raft of signings including Primark, Topshop and H&M.
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Opinion
Marks and Marks (and Marcs)
I’ve heard the names Peter Marks and Sir Ken Morrison used in the same breath a few times lately.
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OpinionBest Buy will have an electrifying effect on UK
From the electric cars to the manically excitable Blueshirts, there’s something almost evangelical about Best Buy. But behind the cult is a steely determination to crack the UK market and get its proposition here absolutely right.
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NewsFocus on food, City tells Bolland as first day at M&S approaches
New Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland has been urged to focus on getting the company’s food business back on track when he joins the company next week.
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NewsNorthern Foods to close factory after Sainsbury’s row
Ready meal supplier Northern Foods is to close a factory in Swansea after a dispute with Sainsbury’s.
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AnalysisThe green team
The UK’s biggest retailers are casting their nets ever wider when it comes to taking responsibility for sustainability initiatives. How exactly are they raising their green game
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DataICM Poll: The influence of ethical retail practices
In an exclusive poll for Retail Week, ICM Research interviewed a random selection of 2,045 adults aged 18 and over between April 9 and 11, 2010 about retailers’ ethical processes.
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NewsM&S grabs clothing market share as self-help pays off
Marks & Spencer delivered a record clothing market share increase in its fourth quarter as self-help initiatives paid off.
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AnalysisKate Bostock: general merchandise boss brings deft touch to M&S
With a honed offer and focus on newness it is no surprise M&S’s general merchandise boss has scored impressive fourth-quarter clothing results
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NewsMorrisons claim shareholders blocked a competitive pay package for Marc Bolland
Morrisons has claimed shareholders blocked plans to increase pay awards for its former boss Marc Bolland who was poached by M&S to take over as its chief executive.
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NewsM&S ups game with cosmetics overhaul
Marks & Spencer has begun the biggest overhaul of its cosmetics offer in five years as it guns to increase its beauty market share.
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NewsRestore confidence to win our vote, retailers demand
Retail leaders call for clarity from political parties on key issues to allay consumer fears
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NewsDebenhams casts net wider with web delivery options for overseas shoppers
Debenhams is ramping up its online business by offering shoppers in selected overseas destinations the option to have goods delivered to their homes with a new international delivery service.
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Opinion
Stuart Rose’s final flourish at M&S
Stuart Rose’s last trading update before Marc Bolland takes over the reins was a strong one, but no-one wanted to talk about it this morning.
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NewsM&S Q4 sales beat expectations
Marks & Spencer has revealed a 5.1% increase in fourth quarter like-for-like sales, well above expectations, driven by a strong performance from general merchandise.
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Opinion
George Osborne finds some friends
Shadow chancellor George Osborne needs all the help he can get, but he’s scored a real coup today with many of retail’s top leaders coming out to support his plans to reverse the government’s planned rise in National Insurance.
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NewsRetailers strike back in National Insurance row
Retail leaders have hit back after top Labour politicians accused them of having been “deceived” into supporting Conservative plans to reverse part of the Government’s proposed National Insurance rise.
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OpinionBolland can refine M&S execution
There is scope for executional improvement throughout M&S so that the promise of the ads is fully reflected in what the customer finds in-store. Perhaps that will be Bolland’s biggest impact.