All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 83
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OpinionComment: Marks & Spencer should continue to show transparency in its updates
Under-pressure Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland offered a glimmer of hope in last week’s trading update. In what was a break from tradition, the retailer split out its clothing sales from the wider general merchandise performance.
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GalleryStore gallery: Signage now contributes to entire store experience
John Ryan reports on the latest displays at Trinity Leeds shopping centre, where store signage is becoming part of the store experience in its own right.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What are the top 20 retail brands in Europe?
Strong branding is everything in retail – Retail Week takes a look at who brand consultancy Interbrand says are the top 20 in Europe.
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OpinionComment: Marks & Spencer should bring edited stores to the UK
As Marks & Spencer’s clothing division achieved its best performance in three years, the focus on enhancing quality and style across womenswear and menswear is starting to pay off.
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OpinionComment: Little sign that M&S general merchandise can match food excellence
Marks & Spencer set out a new framework for apparel last year, built around a quality charter for customers, but has it worked?
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NewsM&S Collection's success shows clothing moving in right direction, Bolland says
Fashion improvements and in-store changes helped Marks & Spencer post an increase in clothing like-for-likes in the fourth quarter, chief executive Marc Bolland maintained.
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AnalysisIn pictures: John Lewis opens first store in York
John Lewis has opened its first store in York today with a 92,000 sq ft ‘flexible format’ shop which features a Hotel Chocolat Cocoa Bean café.
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NewsMarks & Spencer Food has not felt the 'Aldi effect' says confident Bolland
Marks & Spencer’s food division has not suffered from the ‘Aldi effect’ and the timing of Easter is behind flat headline like-for-likes in the fourth quarter, chief executive Marc Bolland maintained.
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NewsMarks & Spencer like-for-likes flat but clothing sales improve
Under-pressure Marks & Spencer reported flat like-for-likes but its clothing performance picked up over the fourth quarter.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on The Co-operative Group, Marks & Spencer and Ocado
Retail news round-up on April 10, 2014: Lord Myners resigns from Co-op board, M&S reaffirms its commitment to China and Ocado to shun partnerships for the next two years.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The good, the bad and the ugly of mobile retail sites
Retailers’ mobile sites should feature a clear search box, offer predictive text and clearly indicate out of stock items, according to a report examining user journeys.
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NewsMarks & Spencer to offer online order collection from 4,300 locations in France
Marks & Spencer is to tap into a network of 4,300 online order collection points in France as it increasingly adopts a multichannel approach to international expansion.
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OpinionComment: Can M&S replicate international success at home?
Marks & Spencer’s international growth could re-invigorate the business at home and away.
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AnalysisMap: Marks & Spencer's global store footprint
As Marks & Spencer’s reveals plans to open 250 new overseas stores over the next three years, Retail Week looks at where the retailer currently trades.
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NewsMarks & Spencer plots 250 new overseas stores
Marks & Spencer is ramping up its international expansion with plans for 250 new overseas stores by 2017.
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NewsMarks & Spencer IT boss Darrell Stein to join Reckitt Benckiser
Marks & Spencer IT director Darrell Stein is to join consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser as senior vice-president for information services.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How travel retail went from waste of time to strategically crucial
Travel retail has undergone a renaissance over the past few years that has turned airports and stations into shopping destinations. Retail Week charts how it happened.
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OpinionComment: Next’s results show it is a retailer for all seasons
Next’s shift from seasonal to on-demand retail seems to be paying dividends.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is Marks & Spencer’s latest starry ad enough to win back shoppers?
The photographer’s Annie Leibovitz. The models are a mix of successful, inspirational and well-known faces from actress Emma Thompson to Baroness Lawrence, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen.
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NewsMarks & Spencer's property and IT directors to exit in summer
Marks & Spencer’s longstanding property director, Clem Constantine, and IT director Darrell Stein are leaving the business.