Marks & Spencer news and analysis – Page 28
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NewsM&S defends Marble Arch store plans after government halts redevelopment
The retailer has claimed the renovation plans will “positively impact the environment”
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NewsM&S greenlights new Northern Ireland food hall despite Brexit concerns
The grocer is opening a new food hall at the Bridgewater Retail Park in Banbridge on 10 May, creating 60 new jobs
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NewsHolland & Barrett appoints April Preston as new global product director
Preston, who has over 30 years of experience in retail, will be responsible for leading H&B’s product and services strategy
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NewsM&S brings back Fresh Market Update ad campaign highlighting farmers
Fresh Market Update will run across ITV, Channel 4 and YouTube. M&S also has an online hub containing farmer stories and recipes
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NewsScottish Sea Farms commits to pay above living wage to help with cost of living
The M&S Food Select Farm salmon supplier has committed to pay a minimum wage of £10.40 per hour
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Comment & OpinionA four-day price cut won’t fly with shoppers. It’s the other 361 days that count
There’s a lot of jockeying for position among the supermarkets amid the cost of living crisis
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Comment & OpinionM&S’s ‘everyday essentials’ price cuts could go a long way to boost its competitiveness
The price cuts mean an M&S loaf of bread now costs the same as its equivalent in Sainsbury’s and Tesco, and is only 1p more expensive than Morrisons and Asda.
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NewsM&S Food invests in Remarksable value range amid soaring living costs
The retailer first launched Remarksable 2019, and ‘now is the right time to go further’, says COO and Food MD Stuart Machin
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NewsMarks & Spencer to launch new Food magazine
The new 72-page Food mag will feature recipes, celebrity interviews and expert tips
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NewsM&S partners with secondhand kids’ clothing platform Dotte
M&S is launching a trial with the peer-to-peer marketplace where users can buy, sell, donate and recycle outgrown kidswear
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NewsFood inflation crisis ‘not even started yet’ says ex-Sainsbury’s boss Justin King
The former Sainsbury’s boss, now a director at M&S, believes food inflation will last through the whole of next year
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NewsLoyalty tech startup Bink appoints Tim Gittins to its leadership team
Gittins previously worked for 15 years at motorway service area operator Moto Hospitality, in a number of senior posts including COO
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NewsAnimal welfare report urges ‘too slow’ food companies to do more
Waitrose and M&S retained their Tier 1 positions for the eight and ninth consecutive years respectively
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NewsM&S to launch Early Learning Centre partnership in stores
The move comes after a successful online trial first launched on M&S.com at the end of 2020
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NewsM&S CEO Steve Rowe steps down as Food MD Stuart Machin takes top role
Current co-COO Katie Bickerstaffe will become co-CEO, with a focus on driving the business’s global omnichannel, and digital and data strategies
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NewsUK retailers rally support for Ukraine as Russian invasion escalates
Retailers had pulled Russian products from shelves and made donations to Ukraine relief efforts
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InterviewsCosta Coffee’s Becky Brock on ‘backing the big bets’ with M&S and Coca-Cola
Costa’s commercial & customer director only joined 15 months ago but has already launched a tie-up with M&S, revamped Costa’s loyalty scheme, and expanded its Deliveroo partnership. So what’s next?
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NewsM&S suspends all shipments to Russian stores
There are currently 48 M&S outlets in Russia and 10 in Ukraine
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NewsCosta Coffee to sell Percy Pigs as part of M&S supply deal
Costa will also sell a variety of breakfast items, such as hot boxes and porridges, lunch sandwiches and salads as well as kids’ pizzas