All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 161
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News
Northern Foods staff protest at factory closure
Staff from Marks & Spencer ready meal supplier Northern Foods confronted the retailer’s directors yesterday in a showdown at its Marble Arch store.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – May 30, 2008
While the American economy might be heading towards recession, New York still remains the epicentre of the retail world.
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Analysis
Green light
Store lighting has always been a fraught topic for retailers, but is the arrival of green awareness dictating a new precedent? John Ryan reports on how M&S is adapting for the new mood
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AnalysisM&S has no time to revel in its glory as share price plummets
Marks & Spencer may have made 1 billion, but there was no feelgood factor as its share price – and those of its general merchandise and food counterparts – slid.
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AnalysisThe weirdest jobs in retail
From professional pet food tasters to the man who makes a living blowing up toasters, Charlotte Dennis-Jones talks to the people with the most unusual jobs in retail
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News
Marks chases higher spend as profits rise
Marks & Spencer is to focus on expanding its upmarket fashion ranges to redress the balance after the proportion of products sold at opening price points more than doubled in three years.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – May 23, 2008
Marks & Spencer’s decision to stock well-known brands such as Heinz Tomato Ketchup was good for a headline, but will it make much difference to the retailer’s food business?
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Opinion
Property is key to M&S success
Property played an unusually large part in Marks & Spencer’s full-year results presentation today.
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News
M&S profits top £1 billion
Marks & Spencer’s pre-tax profit has topped 1 billion, but the retailer warned that the market would remain challenging for the forseeable future.
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Opinion
Will £1bn profit bring M&S joy?
The old retail adage that you’re only as good as last week’s sales isn’t quite right. Any quoted retailer is only as good as next year’s forecasts.
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News
M&S staff face bonus cuts
Marks & Spencer staff will see their annual bonuses slashed despite the retailer generating profits of more than 1 billion last year.
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News
Tesco named UK's most valuable retail brand
Tesco is Britain's most valuable retail brand, according to consultancy Intangible Business.
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News
M&S investors could force vote on Rose's role
Rebel Marks & Spencer shareholders are considering whether to force a vote on Sir Stuart Rose’s controversial promotion to executive chairman at the retailer’s AGM in July.
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News
Top analyst slams M&S bonus scheme
Broker Credit Suisse has cast doubt on the terms of Marks & Spencer directors’ bonus scheme, questioning whether it is in the retailer’s long-term interests.
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OpinionThe customer is always right…
Another week, another tale of fashion sector woe. More retailers took a battering in the headlines this week.
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News
M&S could double stock value if it focuses on cash, analyst claims
Marks & Spencer’s stock is languishing below the level of Sir Philip Green’s abortive 400p-a-share offer in 2004, but could it be worth 850p?
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NewsRose to offload stake in Lane Fox business
Sir Stuart Rose will attempt to diffuse the latest Marks Spencer boardroom fallout by selling his stake in Martha Lane Fox’s karaoke business Lucky Voice.
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News
M&S to make prices in India on par with UK
Marks & Spencer is to bring prices at its Indian stores in line with those in the UK, in an effort to seize share in one of the world’s biggest emerging markets.
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Opinion
Nose for a bargain
One out of every 10 – that’s the number of clothing items bought in Primark by UK shoppers over the past year, apparently.
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News
Rose lambasted over Lane Fox investment
Marks & Spencer chief executive Sir Stuart Rose has come under fire for investing in a business venture of one of M&S’s non-executive directors.