All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 150
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Primark appoints former Marks & Spencer menswear director
Primark has appointed former Marks & Spencer director Julian Kilmartin as buying and merchandising director.
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NewsGrocers slash plastic bag usage by 48%
Food retailers have almost halved the number of carrier bags distributed to customers, reducing their environmental impact.
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OpinionTables could turn in grocery
Auctioning off a 25lb pork pie could only have happened at a Marks & Spencer AGM, and it could only have been fronted by the showman himself Sir Stuart Rose.
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NewsGeneral retail stocks outshine the index
General retailers performed strongly over the week, putting food stocks and the All-Share index in the shade.
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NewsWaitrose sales outpace Marks & Spencer food for first time
Waitrose managing director Mark Price has revealed that the grocer has overtaken Marks & Spencer in food sales for the first time in its 105-year history.
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OpinionE-tail’s debt to the old retail greats
The principles of pioneers such as Gordon Selfridge are as relevant as ever in modern retailing
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NewsMarks & Spencer whistleblower loses case
Tony Goode, the former Marks & Spencer employee sacked for leaking details of planned redundancy pay cuts, has lost his employment tribunal case alleging the retailer breached his human rights.
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NewsSir Stuart Rose attack on discount fashion labelled hypocritical
Marks & Spencer has been accused of hypocrisy over its attack on discount fashion after it emerged the retailer shares suppliers with value giant Primark, The Times has reported.
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OpinionA kick in the ballots
Some of the biggest retailers have been forced on the defensive in the face of shareholder uprisings unparalleled in more than a decade.
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NewsFashion Retail Academy awards
Top retailers celebrated a new generation of talent on Tuesday when the Fashion Retail Academy, the shopkeeping school backed by Sir Philip Green, held its awards.
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OpinionMarks & sparks as Sir Stuart Rose and Sir David Jones face shareholder concern
Two of retail’s great leaders Sir Stuart Rose and Sir David Jones have faced intense investor scrutiny this week.
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NewsM&S shareholders reject motion on Sir Stuart Rose’s chairmanship
Marks & Spencer shareholders have voted against a special resolution calling for executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose to step down 12 months early, in July 2010.
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NewsM&S shareholder revolt gains pace ahead of AGM
The row among Marks & Spencer shareholders has gathered momentum ahead of Wednesday’s AGM, with former chief executive Sir Richard Greenbury lambasting shareholders for their “vindictive” attitude towards executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose.
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NewsClem Constantine takes over as Marks & Spencer international boss
Marks & Spencer property director Clem Constantine has assumed responsibility for the retailer’s international division.
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NewsClothing prices to rise as cost increases hit Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer will pass on higher business costs to consumers by raising prices later this year, executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose revealed.
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NewsPromising updates lift general retail stocks
Encouraging weekly numbers from John Lewis, hopes that Marks & Spencer’s first-quarter update would beat bearish expectations and a profits rise at HMV helped lift general retailers.