All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 71
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Opinion
Comment: Supply chain integrity should be a retail priority
As many grocers compete for the lowest price, Marks & Spencer takes a different approach by prioritising quality in its products.
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Analysis
David Alliance: My time as a supplier to Marks & Spencer
Textiles and retail legend David Alliance’s autobiography follows his career from Iran to N Brown. In this extract he recalls his dealings with M&S.
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Analysis
International news analysis: Spar concept uses cafe concessions for growth
Spar’s latest concept store in Dublin uses a combination of fresh food offers and third-party food concessions to increase sales.
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News
Helen Weir to join Marks & Spencer as chief financial officer on April 1
Marks & Spencer has confirmed that chief financial officer Helen Weir will join the retailer on April 1.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Budgens’ lab store experiments with visual merchandising
Convenience specialist Budgens has opened a ‘lab’ store in Dorset that shows the way as far as display and merchandising is concerned.
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News
Lord Rose and Sir Ian Cheshire hit back at Labour attacks on Boots boss
Lord Rose and Sir Ian Cheshire have hit back at Labour’s attack on Boots boss Stefano Pessina after he said a Labour government would be a catastrophe.
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News
Retail diary: Sir Philip Green, Pat Sharp and an Armenian pianist
The retail industry’s movers and shakers gathered at Old Billingsgate in London last night to raise £1.1m for the Retail Trust charity.
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Analysis
Analysis: How can retailer's supply chains cope with seasonal surges?
What can retailers learn from Black Friday 2014’s supply chain woes, and how can they better prepare for future seasonal surges?
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News
Marks & Spencer poaches Next menswear design chief Simon Hawksworth
Marks & Spencer has poached Next’s head of menswear design Simon Hawksworth to fill the position left vacant by Tony O’Connor’s departure.
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Opinion
Comment: Is Black Friday more trouble than it is worth?
Black Friday’s high-profile promotion caused logistics chaos for some retailers but presents undeniable opportunities for others.
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Analysis
Analysis: Christmas trading figures show the great retail divide
The festive season’s results inevitably have winners and losers, but this year’s OC&C Christmas Trading Index shows the gulf between them.
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Opinion
Comment: There could be life in BHS yet if it can find a buyer
As Arcadia boss Philip Green looks for potential buyers for BHS, can the fashion retailer be reinvigorated by new leadership?
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News
Infographic: Fashion price tracker – online womenswear data
Fashion price data from the week ending January 27, 2015: The average online price per item and percentage of products on markdown from the top womenswear retailers.
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News
Foyles chief executive Sam Husain to retire from the bookseller
Sam Husain is retiring from his role as chief executive of bookseller Foyles, the retailer revealed today.
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News
Rosie Huntington-Whitely extends M&S partnership with fragrance
Model Rosie Huntington-Whitely has extended her partnership with Marks & Spencer with her first fragrance, called Rosie for Autograph.
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News
Marks & Spencer launches coffee stamp card app to drive customer loyalty
Marks & Spencer has teamed up with Eagle Eye Solutions to test a mobile coffee stamp card app to reward customers for their loyalty.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Ebay and Amazon
Retail news round-up on January 22, 2015: M&S tests loyalty app; Ebay to lay off 7% of workforce; Tesco shortlists two for chairman; Amazon stops sales of nappies
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News
Infographic: Fashion price tracker – online womenswear data
Fashion price data from the week ending January 20, 2015: The average online price per item and percentage of products on markdown from the top womenswear retailers.
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Analysis
Retail Week Live: Dixons Carphone boss to review the changing retail scene
Change will be the central theme of the opening speech by Carphone Warehouse boss Sebastian James at this year’s Retail Week Live event.
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News
Marks & Spencer to offer customers 'meaningful' gifting app
Marks & Spencer has signed up to a ‘social treating’ app that allows people to send low-cost gifts to friends and family.