All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 153
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Opinion
The Retail Week – April 4, 2008
Aside from a little small-arms fire, the guns have fallen silent this morning after yesterday’s attempt by Marks & Spencer to end its month-long war with City institutions.
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Opinion
Rose is in the driving seat
The problem with the row over Sir Stuart Rose’s elevation to executive chairman of Marks & Spencer is that there is no right answer.
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News
‘An exceptional step in exceptional circumstances’
Marks & Spencer acts to justify Rose’s promotion in wake of shareholder opposition
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M&S seeks compromise in Rose row
Marks & Spencer has suggested measures to defuse the bitter corporate governance row that erupted over the proposal to elevate boss Sir Stuart Rose to executive chairman.
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Private investors add voice to Rose’s role debate
A leading private shareholder organisation has added to concerns expressed by institutional investors about Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose’s proposed elevation to executive chairman.
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M&S to take majority stake in India joint venture
Marks & Spencer is poised to take majority control of a joint venture to be created imminently with Indian powerhouse Reliance Retail.
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AnalysisPower to the people
Everyone’s a potential critic online. So how can you harness their views for the good of your brand? Joanna Perry investigates
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M&S shareholder rejects fresh explanation over Rose's dual role
Marks & Spencer’s biggest shareholder has rejected a fresh explanation by the retailer about its decision to promote Sir Stuart Rose from chief executive to executive chairman.
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Marks & Spencer creates central European joint venture
Marks & Spencer has created a joint venture in central and Eastern Europe with its local franchise partner and will open 30 more shops there.
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M&S appoints Tanith Dodge to head HR
One of the best-known names in retail human resources, Tanith Dodge, has been appointed to head HR at Marks & Spencer.
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M&S store design boss leaves after 25 years
Marks & Spencer’s head of store design has left the retailer after more than 25 years, sparking fears it is putting the brakes on the completion of its store modernisation programme.
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M&S chairman's pay-off angers ABI
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has upped the pressure on Marks & Spencer by signalling that it could oppose any pay off to Lord Burns, the retail giant’s outgoing chairman, according to The Times .
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Opinion
Stark reality from Rose
Any remaining rose-tinted spectacles came off at yesterday’s Retail Week Conference, when Marks & Spencer chief executive Sir Stuart Rose warned that he expects the economic storm to rumble on until the middle of 2010.
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Rose defends his dual M&S role as sparks fly
Marks & Spencer chief executive Sir Stuart Rose has accused his corporate governance critics of adopting an “ideological” stance and insisted that controversial boardroom changes are in the retailer’s best interests.
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Opinion
M&S has been here before
A retail bellwether hovering around the £1 billion profit mark; an executive chairman almost synonymous with the business itself; signs of deteriorating trading and a clutch of directors eager to move into the top job. Sound familiar?
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News
Chancellor confirms Government to charge for plastic bags
In his first Budget speech, Chancellor Alistair Darling has said that laws will be introduced by next year to charge shoppers for using plastic bags, unless the supermarkets take action to do this.
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Non-execs to meet to finalise Rose pay package
In the face of mounting opposition to Sir Stuart Rose’s promotion to executive chairman, Marks & Spencer non-executives are to meet to thrash out a new pay package for the retailer’s chief executive.
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M&S investors slam Rose's promotion
Marks & Spencer investors have hit out against the retailer’s announcement yesterday to elevate Sir Stuart Rose to executive chairman, which some claim is in clear defiance of the UK’s corporate governance code.
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Rose to become executive chairman of M&S and stand down in 2011
Rose’s change of responsibility becomes effective from June 1 and is part of a raft of management changes at the high street giant.
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Moss Bros shares spike as offer from Baugur fuels investor fight
Menswear retailer Moss Bros was the week’s biggest riser as a bad-tempered battle for control raged. Members of the founding families, the board and associates of potential buyer Baugur all laid into each other, which can hardly be helping store performance.