All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 106
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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.
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OpinionComment: Why retailers should give things away
Logic would say that freebies are the shortest route to falling margins, but shoppers look kindly on those who offer them.
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NewsKate Bostock reportedly to leave Marks & Spencer
There has been renewed speculation that Marks & Spencer’s general merchandise supremo Kate Bostock is to leave the retailer.
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NewsFormer M&S director Andrew Skinner to advise Irish retailer Dunnes
Andrew Skinner, formerly one of Marks & Spencer’s most senior directors, has taken on a consultancy role at Dunnes
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NewsFortnum & Mason hires new retail director
Fortnum & Mason has hired a new retail director as it continues its search for a new chief executive.
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NewsMarks & Spencer investors pressured over executive pay
Marks & Spencer’s investors are being urged to abstain on the retailer’s remuneration report at next month’s AGM.
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NewsMarks & Spencer in £1.1m legal row with landlord
Marks & Spencer is fighting the landlord of its Paddington head office for a £1.1m over-payment of rent, according to The Sunday Telegraph.
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NewsM&S director Richard Price to become managing director of Bhs
Tycoon Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia has raided Marks & Spencer to poach menswear trading director Richard Price as managing director of Bhs.
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NewsMumsnet launches new marketplace
Mumsnet has launched a new marketplace partnering with retailers including M&S, Toast and Clarks.
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AnalysisHighs and lows of click-and-collect
As retailers step up their multichannel offers, click-and-collect forms a core part of the shopping experience. Anna Richardson Taylor examines some of the more – and less – impressive services.