All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 78
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News
Marks & Spencer 'firing on all cylinders' ahead of Christmas, say food boss
Marks & Spencer is “firing on all cylinders” and prepared to deliver this Christmas, according to its food boss Steve Rowe.
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Opinion
Comment: M&S’s Laura Wade-Gery on 20 years of online retail and what comes next
This month marks 20 years since what is believed to be the first secure internet shopping transaction took place, when on 11th August 1994 a shopper in the US purchased a Sting CD online at NetMarket.
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News
Sir Stuart Rose to be handed peerage by Conservatives
Sir Stuart Rose, the former Marks & Spencer boss, who currently chairs Ocado and Fat Face, is expected to be handed a peerage.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: Retailers profit from the sweltering summer
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on how retail sales have performed as temperatures rise during the summer season.
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Analysis
Marketing campaign: Marks & Spencer celebrates children's every milestone
At this time of year it is virtually impossible to escape ‘back to school’ adverts and they are usually a drab affair as retailers go through the motions.
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News
Infographic: Fashion price tracker – online womenswear data
Fashion price data from July 31, 2014: The average online price per item and percentage of products on markdown from the top womenswear retailers.
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Opinion
Comment: As it revises full-year profits up again, what is Next doing right?
There’s no doubt that Next is now an established leader on the British high street. Its stores are everywhere and yummy mummies rave about it.
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Analysis
Analysis: M&S' new IT director Carl Dawson's To Do List
M&S poached Tesco’s Carl Dawson to become its new IT director. Retail Week looks at what he needs to focus on in his new role.
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News
Marks & Spencer poaches Tesco internet chief information officer
Tesco chief information officer for internet retailing Carl Dawson is to join Marks & Spencer as IT director.
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Analysis
Poultry hygiene: What do retailers need to know?
With Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer undertaking major inquiries into their chicken sources, Retail Week looks at what retailers need to know about poultry hygiene.
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News
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and M&S investigate poultry hygiene after industry exposé
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer have launched inquiries into chicken supplies after an exposé of alleged hygiene failings in the poultry industry.
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News
Infographic: Fashion price tracker – online womenswear data
Fashion price data from July 23, 2014: The average online price per item and percentage of products on markdown from the top ten womenswear retailers.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Aldi, Tesco, Sainsbury's and more
Retail news round-up on July 24, 2014: Aldi launches equestrian clothing range, grocers launch inquiries into ‘contaminated’ poultry and supermarkets mislead cutomers with ‘fake’ discounts.
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Analysis
Christmas in July: Top 10 festive foods for 2014
Arguably the most important part of Christmas, the food on offer this year seems to be even more luxurious than normal.
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News
Marks & Spencer plans Saudi Arabia expansion
Marks & Spencer has laid down plans to bolster its presence in the Middle East with ten new stores set to open in Saudi Arabia by April next year.
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Opinion
Comment: Tesco's new boss inherits a grocer bereft of identity
Phil Clarke’s departure from Tesco, while perhaps no great surprise, suggests that the retailer is further in the mire than we might have realised.
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Analysis
Philip Clarke's departure from Tesco: What the analysts say
Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke is stepping down after a profit warning and will be replaced by Unilever personal care global president Dave Lewis. Retail Week takes a look at what the analysts say.
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Analysis
Analysis: Are the big grocers victims of anti-corporate sentiment among shoppers?
The big grocers are all looking to reconnect with customers as sales decline. Retail Week takes a look at whether anti-corporate sentiment is affecting the supermarkets.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why did M&S’s new website fail to click into place?
Marks & Spencer’s relaunched website suffered a sales decline – could the retailer have succeeded with greater attention to customer needs?
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Opinion
Comment: A retail finance director’s remit goes beyond numbers
Marks and Spencer and Tesco demonstrate that the role of the modern CFO does not stop at finance but extends into every aspect of retail.