All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 99
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News
Upmarket grocer Booths revamps wine offer as it eyes profit growth
Booths has revamped its wine department as it ratchets up competition against rivals Majestic Wine and Marks & Spencer and faces a pivotal quarter’s trading.
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Marks & Spencer makes £8.5m loss in first four months in Paris
Fashion retailer Marks & Spencer has made a £8.5m loss in its first four months of trading in its Paris store as chief executive Marc Bolland plots further overseas stores.
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Marks & Spencer launches digital lab to fuel multichannel growth
Department store Marks & Spencer has created a specialist unit to experiment with and develop retail technology as part of its long-term growth strategy.
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Analysis
Analysis: The highs and lows of Christmas trading
The aftermath of the festive season brought drama, as a clutch of high street retailers collapsed. But how did the retail industry perform overall? Rebecca Thomson reports.
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Marks & Spencer missing its Chinese sales targets by up to 30%
Under pressure retailer Marks & Spencer is missing its sales targets in China, which it has identified as a key market for international growth, by as much as 30%.
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Interview
Q&A: Kim Winser, founder of new brand Winser London
Former Aquascutum chief executive Kim Winser is to launch a new online womenswear retailer, Winser London next month. Retail Week speaks to her about the new brand.
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Former Aquascutum boss Kim Winser to set up womenswear etail business
Former Aquascutum chief executive Kim Winser is to launch a new online womenswear retailer selling direct and through fashion etailer Net-a-Porter.
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Marks & Spencer suffers fall in fashion market share
Marks & Spencer lost clothing market share in the run-up to Christmas while rivals made ground, industry data has shown.
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Asda relaunches dedicated flower website to take on M&S and Waitrose
Asda has relaunched its dedicated flower website to compete with Marks & Spencer, Next and Waitrose in the fight for online spend.
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Trinity Leeds reaches 90% capacity with new retail signings
Yet-to-launch shopping centre Trinity Leeds has almost reached capacity after pre-letting 90% of its space, following new retailer signings to the one million sq ft scheme.
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Opinion
Blog: Sir Stuart will relish the Ocado challenge
Sir Stuart Rose is making a welcome return to major retail in March, and he possibly couldn’t have chosen a more controversial retailer to do it with than Ocado.
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Analysis
Analysis: Sir Stuart Rose's appointment is a coup for Ocado, but what does it mean?
Ocado today surprised the City with the appointment of former Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose as chairman. Retail Week takes a look at what Rose will add to the etail grocer.
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Former M&S boss Sir Stuart Rose appointed Ocado chairman
Sir Stuart Rose has been appointed chairman of online grocer Ocado, in a stock market comeback, replacing Lord Grade, who is standing down after seven years.
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Opinion
Comment: How did Harry Selfridge make Selfridges so successful?
How on Earth anyone can say a career in retail is boring is beyond me after the last week or two. It’s been inundated with retail mystery, intrigue and so much more.
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News
Former Co-op farming boss Christine Tacon appointed first Groceries Code Adjudicator
The Government has appointed Christine Tacon, the former head of Co-operative Group’s farming business, to the newly-created role of independent Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA).
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Opinion
Comment: A crucial six months for Marks & Spencer's Marc Bolland
Marks & Spencer’s styles were not in fashion over the crucial Christmas period, and that means chief executive Marc Bolland is under growing pressure to make improvements.
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Analysis
Analysis: Retailers’ new Sales strategies to meet consumer demand
Promotional activity has altered over the past few years. Retailers push online discounts and break from traditional January Sales, so what’s the best tactic to pursue?
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Opinion
Comment: Who won the Christmas battle on the high street?
This week has been an eventful week for UK retail. Despite weak overall figures from the BRC there have been some clear winners and losers over the Christmas period.
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Opinion
Comment: M&S - the curious incident of the results in the night-time
The extraordinary mid-evening conference call on Wednesday night, when Marks & Spencer pulled forward its Christmas trading statement, has prompted speculation aplenty.
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Opinion
Nick Bubb's Verdict: Cost control won't work forever at M&S
With CEO Marc Bolland under increasing pressure to get profits moving up at M&S, it is unhelpful to his cause that current year expectations have had to be notched down again, even though M&S promises to get its act together this autumn.