Marks & Spencer news and analysis
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NewsM&S backing projects to cut emissions in strawberry and chicken farming, with £1m funding
Both projects are receiving some of M&S’s £1m in annual funding for emission-reducing innovations
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NewsFour arrested over cyberattacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods
All four were arrested at their home addresses and had their electronic devices seized for digital forensic analysis
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NewsM&S Food appoints former Asda strategy boss as head of business improvement
The new hire spent 27 years at Asda, most recently as senior manager for strategy and transformation
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NewsM&S chair Archie Norman refuses to discuss paying cyberattackers a ransom
Archie Norman and Co-op group secretary and general counsel Dominic Kendal-Ward appeared before a sub-committee of the Business and Trade Select Committee today
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NewsM&S luring family shoppers with bigger packs and new ranges
Its Bigger Pack, Better Value range, aimed squarely at family shoppers, has been increased in size by a third
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NewsMedia Bites 2 July: TSB sale, M&S recovery, trade deals
The story was also reported on the BBC who said the TSB name could disappear from UK high streets should the bank be sold
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NewsM&S steps up store renewal programme with £300m investment
M&S announced an investment of over £300m in the programme at its annual general meeting today
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NewsM&S sends gift cards to shoppers over cyberattack delays and cancellations
Some customers took to online forums to ask whether the email could be a scam
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NewsWindsor Framework NI checks set for this week, despite M&S’s Machin’s complaints
M&S’s CEO said on Friday the final phase of the post-Brexit checks on goods sent to Northern Ireland was ‘bureaucratic madness’
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NewsM&S appoints new food marketing director
The new hire is joining from Woolworths Group in Australia, where he was chief marketing officer for seven years
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Comment & OpinionIs the ‘disruptive’ Punishment Juice too edgy for M&S?
M&S is obviously confident Punishment Juice’s negative-sounding name won’t hamper sales
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NewsM&S koftas bamboozle disappointed shopper
Online commenters soon put the M&S shopper right, calling her a ‘silly goose’
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NewsMedia Bites 26 June: Asda £600m loss, M&S slowdown and a strawberry sandwich
News that Asda reported an almost £600 million loss last year was widely reported in yesterday’s papers
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NewsM&S’s grocery sales growth slowing since cyberattack
Both NIQ and Kantar data show the retailer growing more slowly than it was before hackers struck at Easter
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NewsM&S launching ‘Punishment Juice’ in stores this week
Punishment will be available in more than 400 M&S stores from Wednesday
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NewsMedia Bites 24 June: Asda uniforms, Co-op working hours, childhood obesity
All the retail news and headlines from Tuesday 24 June 2025
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NewsM&S backs English wine and adds new spritz serves in BWS revamp
The overhaul includes a growing focus on English wine, alongside new lower-abv spritzes and more branded craft beers
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NewsMedia Bites 17 June: Trump, Poundland, Oxford Street
UK-US trade deal is ‘done’, Trump said as he met Keir Starmer at the G7 summit
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NewsM&S expands ‘Only… ingredients’ range with two new loaves
The latest additions are a White Sliced Toasting Loaf with ‘only four ingredients’ and a Sunflower Seed & Spelt Sliced Toasting Loaf with ‘only six ingredients’
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NewsButlers Farmhouse Cheeses adds new Parlick sheep’s milk cheese to lineup
The Lancashire-based business is now the UK’s largest sheep’s milk cheese producer