All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 154
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Opinion
Why charity and retail gets the green light
One of the most important retail disciplines is being open to buy, not allowing the build-up of unsold stock to restrict space for new lines.
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News
M&S mid-season Sale sparks trading fears
Marks & Spencer has kicked off a mid-season Sale days after distributing 800,000 friends and family discount vouchers to staff, sparking fears of weak clothing sales on the high street.
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News
Next tipped as bid target for M&S
Credit Suisse has suggested that Next could be a bid target for Marks & Spencer, arguing that investors do not appreciate the extent of the structural problems facing Next.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – February 29
Recently promoted Kingfisher chief executive Ian Cheshire is wasting no time in sweeping his new broom through the business.
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News
M&S to expand in Greece and Balkan states
Marks & Spencer has signed a joint venture with Marinopoulos Group worth €50 million ( 37.9 million) to open 50 stores in Greece and the Balkan states.
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News
Poor John Lewis trading fuels City fears as Tesco is attacked
John Lewis’s revelation that last week’s trading was the “toughest in recent memory” spooked an already panicky City.
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News
Union’s online campaign against M&S thwarted
Union Unite’s attempt to launch an online marketing offensive against Marks & Spencer appears to have been thwarted by Google.
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News
Budgens hires sales director
Grocery group Musgrave GB has hired Andrew Mounsey as Budgens sales director.
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News
M&S in talks to take food offer to India
Marks & Spencer is understood to have held talks with Reliance Industries about selling its food range in India.
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Opinion
Get behind Fairtrade
As Fairtrade sales leap 80 per cent, Fairtrade Foundation deputy chairman Ian Bretman says getting involved could boost to retailers' top lines
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News
Competition probe and Asda success help quoted grocers
Food retailers staged a comeback after they emerged largely unscathed from the Competition Commission’s investigation into the grocery market. Good fourth-quarter figures from Asda helped, confirming that food retailers as a group have been doing well.
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Opinion
A rest is as good as a change
Spend a little time talking to almost any design consultancy and it probably won't be long before you hear one of two things.
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Opinion
The Retail Week - February 15, 2008
Marks & Spencer’s decision to distribute 800,000 money-off vouchers to staff and company pensioners set tongues wagging earlier this week.
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Opinion
Is love in the air?
On today of all days, talk of a love affair seems appropriate. And the subject? The British shoppers’ affection for overseas retailers.
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News
M&S picks ex-Evans boss to head lingerie
Marks & Spencer has snapped up former Evans brand director Frances Russell for the new role of trading director for its market-leading lingerie business.
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News
City remains cautious over retail as shares lose regained ground
General retailers’ share price rises of recent weeks looked like a dead cat bounce as they slipped back over the week, although food groups managed an increase following their decline since the start of the year.
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News
M&S voucher drive sparks stock fears
Marks & Spencer has distributed 800,000 discount vouchers offering 20 per cent off clothing, food and homewares this weekend as the retailer attempts to drive sales in the final weeks of its financial year, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph .
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News
Westfield London scheme on course for Christmas
Developer Westfield has confirmed that it is on schedule to open its White City shopping centre by Christmas as it hands over an anchor spot to Marks & Spencer to fit out.
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AnalysisReturns policies: 28 days later
A liberal returns policy can encourage loyal customers, but, if too relaxed, it can be abused and eat into profits. It’s all about striking the right balance, says Liz Morrell
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News
M&S puts squeeze on suppliers
Marks & Spencer was reported today of demanding bigger price discounts from its suppliers, only a couple of weeks after its sales fell.