All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 150

  • Safe and secure: the
    News

    M&S to up PoS security with system roll-out

    2008-07-09T11:06:00Z

    Marks Spencer is to introduce a new IT security system at the point of sale (PoS).

  • News

    Waitrose hiring signals convenience push

    2008-07-09T08:31:31Z

    Waitrose is understood to have hired a head of convenience as it gears up to take on the likes of Sainsbury’s Local and M&S Simply Food.

  • News

    Marks & Spencer pulls out of Taiwan

    2008-07-08T09:45:15Z

    Marks & Spencer is to close all its stores in Taiwan after just 14 months of trading in the country, dealing another blow to the embattled retailer.

  • News

    Rose faces investor rebellion

    2008-07-07T08:24:28Z

    More than a quarter of Marks & Spencer investors could this week abstain or vote against Sir Stuart Rose’s elevation to executive chairman.

  • Bad sign: the same d
    News

    Worse to come

    2008-07-04T16:38:00Z

    As M S like-for-like sales plunge, fears grow industry may never fully recover from downturn

  • Opinion

    Competitiveness is key for M&S

    2008-07-04T13:23:09Z

    No apologies for returning to the biggest story of the week, the trials of Marks & Spencer. After all, food is at the root of its problems.

  • Opinion

    The Retail Week – July 4, 2008

    2008-07-04T10:03:55Z

    The magic has well and truly evaporated from the retail Camelot created at Marks & Spencer by Sir Stuart Rose.

  • Opinion

    M&S SOS

    2008-07-03T12:52:31Z

    Is Sir Stuart Rose fair to blame the majority of Marks & Spencer’s woes on market conditions?

  • Opinion

    This is not just the market…

    2008-07-03T11:34:48Z

    He may have been the coldest fish to have occupied a senior role in retail in recent memory, but it’s hard not to feel a degree of sympathy for Steven Esom over his spectacular fall from grace.

  • News

    Rose may be forced to step down

    2008-07-03T09:53:50Z

    Marks & Spencer chief executive Sir Stuart Rose may be forced to step down or resign after yesterday’s shock profit warning wiped 1.2 billion off the value of the retailer.

  • News

    Esom out as M&S issues profit warning

    2008-07-02T08:41:22Z

    M&S has this morning issued a shock profit warning as it announced that its director of food Steve Esom has left the business.

  • Marks and Spencer
    Analysis

    Something to shout about?

    2008-06-27T16:20:00Z

    These days, communicating your green policy can be tricky: be too vocal and you’ll get accused of greenwash. John Ryan discovers that most retailers are taking a low-key approach instead

  • News

    M&S shareholders urged to block Rose dual role

    2008-06-26T09:53:34Z

    Marks & Spencer shareholders are again being urged to vote against chief executive Sir Stuart Rose’s promotion to chairman at next month’s AGM.

  • News

    M&S to anchor southeast Irish scheme

    2008-06-25T08:25:40Z

    Marks & Spencer is to open its first store in the southeast of Ireland at the Showgrounds Shopping Centre in Clonmel Town.

  • News

    M&S’s ethical Oxfam tie-up drives spending

    2008-06-20T11:16:00Z

    Marks & Spencer’s ethical trading tie-up with development charity Oxfam has increased general merchandise basket sizes at the retailer.

  • News

    M&S gives out discount vouchers ahead of update

    2008-06-20T09:50:34Z

    Marks & Spencer has given out almost 1 million discount vouchers ahead of its trading update next month.

  • News

    Fifth of M&S shareholders to vote against Rose promotion

    2008-06-16T10:24:50Z

    Up to a fifth of Marks & Spencer’s shareholders are expected to vote against chief executive Sir Stuart Rose’s promotion to chairman.

  • News

    M&S plans green store roll-out

    2008-06-13T12:48:00Z

    Marks & Spencer is to roll out about half of the initiatives it has been testing at its Bournemouth eco-store to its entire portfolio.

  • News

    M&S to devote space to Per Una tailoring

    2008-06-13T10:12:00Z

    Per Una, the exclusive brand created for Marks & Spencer by fashion entrepreneur George Davies, is to open dedicated space for its tailored product for the autumn/winter season.

  • News

    High petrol cost hitting out-of-town, says Rose

    2008-06-13T08:27:35Z

    The rising cost of fuel is benefiting the high street at the expense of out-of-town retail parks, said Marks & Spencer chief executive Sir Stuart Rose.