Marks & Spencer news and analysis – Page 29
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NewsM&S to offer coffee rewards as it takes Sparks loyalty scheme to its cafés
Customers will be rewarded with a free drink for each six hot drinks purchased at the M&S Café
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NewsAldi seeks Cuthbert trademark after publicity from M&S row
As well as cake, Aldi wants the trademark to apply to a long list of general merchandise
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NewsSupply chain antibiotics: consumers urge supermarkets to do more
New report from the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics has revealed that not all animal foods are covered by supermarket policies
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NewsM&S to raise staff pay to £10 an hour in ‘broader reward’ move
The retailer also offers colleagues 20% discount across products from its food and clothing & home ranges
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Comment & OpinionWhat we can learn from the Aldi and M&S battle over Colin and Cuthbert
Trade mark lawyers Joel Smith and Peter Elkin advise on how best to protect your IP
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NewsM&S and Aldi call it quits over Colin the Caterpillar dispute
Both have declined to comment on the terms of the settlement
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Comment & OpinionWhy homeware is increasingly where the heart is for retailers
With money tight and home increasingly a haven for consumers, everyone from B&M to John Lewis has cottoned on
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NewsM&S takes AR wayfinding app trial public
The supermarket started staff trials of the app, called List&Go, before Christmas as part of its 10x digital stores programme
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NewsM&S to sell Choc on Choc matchsticks following copycat allegation
Choc on Choc claimed M&S’s Valentine’s Day-themed Perfect Match box of chocolate matchsticks was a near identical copy
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Comment & OpinionM&S’s letter to the PM has some good ideas… and some optimistic ones
In some of Machin’s proposals to Boris Johnson, pragmatism gives way to optimism
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Comment & OpinionMarks & Spencer COO Stuart Machin’s letter to PM Boris Johnson: in full
M&S COO Stuart Machin has written to the PM asking for the government’s support in building a “thriving, sustainable” food sector
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NewsM&S renews calls for end to all Northern Ireland border checks
The retailer’s COO Stuart Machin made the calls in a letter to Boris Johnson
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NewsCity Snapshot: Tesco hikes profit forecast after market share hits four-year high
Tesco has upgraded its profit expectations after strong growth in its third quarter and over Christmas. Plus, M&S posts bumper festive grocery growth, trading updates from Hilton Food Group, and Finsbury Food Group and all the rest of the latest news from the City
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Range PreviewCake jars, pizza and the VLT: new from M&S’s vegan Plant Kitchen range
M&S’s Plant Kitchen range now features 175 products
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NewsM&S taps health trends with expanded vegan range and new Sparks challenge
As Veganuary kicked off, the retailer added 15 new products to its plant-based line for a total of 175
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Comment & OpinionM&S’s CEO role could soon be up for grabs - but who would be the lucky successor?
The biggest question is not when Rowe will step down but who is most likely to fill his shoes
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NewsAldi ramps up M&S trolling after latest legal action over ‘copying’ allegations
The discounter has erected a ‘Kiss and make up?’ sign outside an M&S Foodhall
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NewsM&S suing Aldi for alleged copying of its products – again
M&S argues the design of Aldi’s gold flake gin is “strikingly similar” to its own ‘Light Up’ gin
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NewsM&S and TikTok partner on Christmas song to raise money for charity
The song celebrating M&S Christmas food products was filmed in the Romford store
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NewsM&S launches ‘world first data science and AI academy’ in grocery
M&S is working with education provider Cambridge Spark to provide the training