Marks & Spencer news and analysis – Page 14
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NewsM&S to invest £30m in new and existing London stores
New fresh-market style Foodhalls are set to open in Sidcup and Friern Barnet, while branches in Chancery Lane, Teddington, Blackheath and Islington are among those in line for modernisation
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NewsCity news: M&S delights investors as turnaround finally takes hold
Investors lapped up declarations from Stuart Machin of Marks & Spencer entering a new era as a hard-fought and long-awaited turnaround started to bear fruit
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NewsPoultry boss calls for manufacturers to tackle food insecurity
The owner of 2 Sisters Food Group, Bernard Matthews, and Banham Poultry has set an annual target of donating five million portions to FareShare
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Comment & OpinionM&S finally puts turnaround doubts to bed with ‘glittering results’
The business is being hailed as the UK’s new ‘retail champion’
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NewsOcado strikes customer acquisition deal with Getir
Discounts have been sent to former Getir and Gorillas customers urging them to shop with Zoom by Ocado
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NewsM&S chief adamant final joint venture payment is not owed to Ocado
It could put the two on course for a legal showdown
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NewsCity snapshot: New beginnings for M&S as profits soar
Marks & Spencer has declared the start of a new era as its turnaround plan delivered bumper profits and sales growth. Plus, UK inflation falls to “normal” levels and losses widen at brewer Adnams
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NewsM&S to track how much single-use plastic enters recycling stream
The retailer is working with Polytag, the recycling tech firm that is also set to help power the first urban trial of a digital deposit return scheme later this year in London
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Analysis & FeaturesStore radio nightmares and Aldi bashes Clubcard Prices in social media banter
From retail media slowly turning a Tesco employee mad, to Aldi taking a swing at Clubcard Prices, here’s what’s happening in the world of grocery on social media
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Grocer 33Ocado’s Hannah Gibson on earning new customers and growing the M&S range
‘The Ocado Price Promise is one of the ways we’ve sharpened our value proposition over the last 12 months’
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NewsM&S Food giving away collectable football stickers for home nation teams
Each home nation team has its own album and stickers, in a promotion running in M&S Foodhalls across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
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Analysis & FeaturesSpotted in stores: what’s new for April 2024
Each month, we highlight new and interesting products, displays and features our team has snapped in the leading grocers
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Comment & OpinionWhat marketers can learn from stand-up comedy
Marketers worry humour isn’t premium or isn’t right for their category, but this is completely untrue, says Jonathan Fraser, chief strategy officer & co-founder of Trouble Maker
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NewsMost companies prioritising animal welfare policy but falling short in practice
The report found that 95% of global food giants had policy commitments prioritising animal welfare, an increase from 79% in 2012
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NewsUK grocers lead the way in WWF’s sustainable palm oil ranking
Sainsbury’s and M&S jumped to the top spots alongside Waitrose and Co-op
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NewsCampaign group lodges CMA complaint over ‘false’ salmon farming claims
Scamon Scotland claimed Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Lidl, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Tesco had displayed false claims over fish farming
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Comment & OpinionCan Zoe app trim enough of its own fat to fight fit again?
Pay £300 to poop in a tube and say hello to a healthier you: but will consumers stick with it?
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NewsRevealed: supermarket progress on gender pay equality – and who’s gone backwards
Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, Co-op, John Lewis, Iceland and Ocado all reduced the mean hourly pay gap in 2023/24
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NewsM&S changing cows’ diets to cut methane emissions
The change is projected to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions produced by the herds of 40 M&S dairy farmers by 11,000 tonnes annually
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Comment & OpinionHow M&S is innovating its way to net zero
As I think about the climate challenges ahead, I see an opportunity to combine the good work we already do on sustainability with our unique supplier relationships, says Stuart Machin, M&S CEO