All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 31
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OpinionOpinion: Julian Richer’s gift shows retail at its best
Retail entrepreneur Julian Richer showed the retail industry in the best light when he passed control of his business to staff last week.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ocado co-founders square up for online delivery battle
Waitrose has come out fighting in the looming online grocery battle with M&S by linking with an unknown tech start-up launched by Ocado co-founder Jonathan Faiman. Will it give Waitrose the punching power to upset its soon-to-be ex-partner?
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NewsMarks & Spencer people boss to step down
Marks & Spencer’s human resources director David Guise is leaving the retailer
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NewsAgenda: M&S, Halfords and Mothercare update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with updates from Marks & Spencer, Halfords and Mothercare on the agenda
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OpinionOpinion: Tacky ads won't help M&S reach £12bn food sales
Marks & Spencer has long been a tale of two halves, with grocery on a seemingly unstoppable run while clothing and home floundered.
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NewsM&S seeks to end ‘it doesn’t fit’ worries with digital investment
Marks & Spencer has taken a stake in a specialist clothes-fitting technology company as part of its drive to enhance its digital capabilities and bolster its appeal to fashion shoppers, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsElectrical fault caused Ocado Andover warehouse fire
Ocado said an electrical fault with one of its battery charging units caused the February fire at its Andover customer fulfilment centre, in a circular for investors ahead of a meeting regarding its impending tie-up with Marks & Spencer.
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NewsM&S launches food price salvo on 500 products
Marks & Spencer has slashed the prices of almost 500 food lines as it bids to win back shoppers over the Easter weekend.
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NewsLord Rose criticises Mike Ashley for high street ‘oligopoly’ plans
Former Marks & Spencer boss Lord Stuart Rose has lambasted Mike Ashley over his plans to create a UK retail high street “oligopoly”, and said the sector is still too focused on bricks and mortar.
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AnalysisWatch: A look back at retail’s most iconic adverts
With the news last week that Marks & Spencer has revived its ‘this is not just food’ tagline, Retail Week looks at some of the most iconic retail adverts of all time.
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NewsMarks & Spencer revives ‘not just…’ food marketing campaign
Marks & Spencer has reintroduced one of its most successful marketing campaigns as it seeks to build its food business.
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VideoWatch: Ocado Solutions boss on the importance of partnerships
Ocado Solutions chief executive Luke Jensen talks about what the M&S-Ocado joint venture will mean for the tech arm of the business and the importance of yesterday’s Coles deal.
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NewsM&S plans to double food business following Ocado deal
Marks & Spencer is aiming to double its food business to more than £12bn over the next five years after striking its joint venture with Ocado.
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NewsM&S asks for supplier support to make Ocado deal a success
Marks & Spencer has written to food suppliers asking them to help lower prices and drive volumes as it prepares to launch a joint venture with grocery tech giant Ocado.
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NewsMorrisons' Potts shrugs off potential no-deal Brexit tariffs
Morrisons boss David Potts has shrugged off the potential introduction of no-deal Brexit tariffs and vowed to shield shoppers from price rises.
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NewsM&S to team up with Britain's Got Talent
Marks & Spencer has launched its first ever TV sponsorship deal with ITV’s flagship entertainment show Britain’s Got Talent.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Grocery product pile-up
Patrick Blower’s take on grocery sales rising amid pre-Brexit stockpiling and Ocado’s new deal with Marks & Spencer.
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VideoWatch: Is M&S-Ocado deal transformation or desperation?
Marks & Spencer and Ocado have joined forces on a £1.5bn online grocery venture – but does the move represent true transformation or an act of desperation?
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AnalysisAnalysis: M&S and Ocado – the £750m questions answered
Marks & Spencer and Ocado have agreed a joint venture in a bid to “transform online grocery shopping in the UK”.
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OpinionNatalie Berg: The Ocado-M&S deal is a wise move
These days, in retail it seems the only constant is change. Here are three reasons why the Ocado-Marks & Spencer deal makes sense.