All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 105
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NewsMarks & Spencer first bank to offer fee-only service
Marks & Spencer will become the UK’s first bank to offer fee-only current accounts when it launches tomorrow.
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NewsNew design boss Low to join Asda later this year
Marks & Spencer buying and design director Helen Low is to join Asda as its new general manager for design at George in October.
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NewsM&S names new Per Una head of design
Marks & Spencer has appointed Carole Boyes-Weston as head of design for its Per Una and Limited Collection womenswear brands.
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OpinionUnderstanding shoppers is the key to retail success
With all the bad news currently swirling around the retail sector it’s easy to think that everyone is suffering.
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OpinionComment: SOS for M&S
Tuesday’s announcement that first quarter clothing sales at Marks & Spencer were down by 6.8% – their worst trading results in four years – didn’t make for easy listening.
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OpinionBostock exit opens way for fresh focus on style at M&S
After months of damaging speculation, Marks & Spencer has finally disclosed that general merchandise boss Kate Bostock is to leave the business.
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AnalysisChristmas in July: Looking ahead to the festive season
As retailers gear up to grab share of seasonal spend, Retail Week takes a look at the festive ranges on offer to excite shoppers.
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NewsMarks & Spencer names Sacha Berendji as new retail director
Marks & Spencer has promoted Sacha Berendji to the pivotal role of director of retail as part of the senior management reshuffle designed to win back ground in clothing.
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AnalysisMarks & Spencer fashion: Where did it all go wrong?
M&S’s first quarter general merchandise like-for-like sales slump of 6.8%, though not unexpected, has highlighted how much it has lost its way in fashion.
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OpinionNick Bubb's verdict: Marks & Spencer's problems go beyond management instability
Management stability counts for a lot in business, but at Marks & Spencer the top management team always seems to be chopping and changing, so what are we to make of the latest reshuffle announced today?
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NewsAsos boss brushes off Bostock rumours
Asos chief executive Nick Robertson insists he is not looking for a managing director, a role M&S outgoing clothing boss Kate Bostock was widely tipped to be in the running for.
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AnalysisMarks & Spencer: What the analysts say
With a raft of management changes and poor first quarter sales, retail analysts have been frank about where Marks & Spencer’s has gone wrong.
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NewsMarks & Spencer fashion chief Bostock stands down
Kate Bostock, Marks & Spencer’s clothing supremo, has sensationally stepped down “by mutual consent” with the retailer after clothing sales went into tailspin.
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NewsJuly brings record level of fashion discounting, says PwC
Nine out of ten clothing retailers were on Sale over the weekend offering an average discount of 55%, the highest ever level of discounting recorded in July, according to accountancy firm PwC.
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NewsMarks & Spencer tipped to reveal worst quarter in three years
Marks & Spencer is set to reveal its worst trading performance in three years tomorrow (Tuesday), with non-food sales expected to plummet 7%.
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NewsAsda latest retailer to launch financial services
Grocery chain Asda is launching a financial services business this week targeted at the 18 million people who shop at Asda’s 542 stores every week.
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AnalysisConsumer insight: Gap in the over 60s retail market
The UK’s population is ageing, making the over-60s an increasingly important consumer market. Rebecca Thomson meets consumers from that generation to find out how they shop, what the industry needs to improve and which retailers are winning their custom.
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NewsGreen, Bolland and Gary Barlow celebrate young retail talent
Top retailers including Arcadia tycoon Sir Philip Green and Marks & Spencer boss Marc Bolland – along Take that star Gary Barlow – celebrated a new generation of fashion talent at London’s Fashion Retail Academy Awards yesterday.
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NewsGrocers back initiative to give surplus food to charity
Supermarkets could share excess food with families struggling in the economic downturn in a Government drive to cut food waste and help those in need.
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NewsSir Terence Conran signs design deal with JC Penney
Design veteran Sir Terence Conran has for the first time partnered with a US retailer after signing a deal to create a homewares collection for department store JC Penney.