Marks & Spencer news and analysis – Page 60
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NewsMarks & Spencer arouses private equity interest
As Marks & Spencer opened the biggest store it has ever built this week, its shares were buoyed by speculation surrounding…
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NewsRunny Scotch egg makes its debut at M&S
Marks & Spencer is claiming a retail first with the launch of a runny Scotch egg this autumn. According to M&S this marks…
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ProfilesSteve McLean on bringing his Plan A game to M&S milk
Milk is Marks & Spencer’s most iconic Plan A product. So when the supermarket milk wars threatened to further cut farmgate prices…
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NewsMarks & Spencer iPhone app to get managers back on shop floor
Marks & Spencer has given all store managers iPhones - to allow them to spend more time on the shop floor…
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NewsMarks & Spencer offers shoppers free Wi-Fi
Marc Bolland has put technology at the heart of his bid to get Marks & Spencer back on track.
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Analysis & FeaturesMove over Barclays...
With consumer faith in the banks at all all-time low, the supermarkets are ramping up their finance arms. But…
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NewsStreet food set to make waves at the multiples
Interest in street food is gaining momentum as more businesses explore ways of bringing it to retail. Marks & Spencer…
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NewsiPads to help M&S staff sell more clothing and vino
Marks & Spencer is equipping staff in all full-line stores with iPads to help them sell wine and clothing…
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NewsM&S launches grapes that taste like a mango
Marks & Spencer’s love affair with hybrid fruit continues, with the launch this week of the grango…
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Analysis & FeaturesEven better than the reality thing
Walkers and Tesco are among a host of brands to have embraced augmented reality. Others are sure to follow. So if the last decade was all about reality TV, will the next be about AR?
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NewsVeteran Rowe to head food business at M&S
A shake-up of senior staff at Marks & Spencer has given director of retail Steve Rowe the top job in its food division.
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NewsM&S debuts mobile shopping app
Marks & Spencer has launched its first mobile shopping app that also offers customers tools and services including a GPS store locater and barcode scanner.
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InterviewsJohn Dixon's 'restless dissatisfaction'
In a rare interview, John Dixon spoke exclusively to The Grocer about his vision for M&S Food, the journey so far… and the journey still to come.
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Analysis & FeaturesWelcome to the click & collect revolution
Supermarkets have been ramping up click & collect and some are now looking at grocery as well as non-food… heralding the dawn of the grocery drive thru.
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NewsM&S stalwart Fisher is new retail director at Fortnums
Fortnum & Mason has appointed Tim Fisher, a former manager at Marks & Spencer’s flagship Marble Arch store, as its new retail director.
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New broccoli 'slows down cancer growth'
A new type of broccoli that its growers claim could help slow the spread of cancer is being rolled out to the multiples…
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NewsM&S menswear boss Price defects
Marks & Spencer has been hit by the departure of its head of menswear.
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NewsMortgages and current accounts from new M&S Bank
Marks & Spencer has unveiled plans to open 50 in-store banks in partnership with HSBC – starting next month with its flagship Marble Arch store.
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NewsM&S is now carbon neutral
Marks & Spencer has declared that it is the first major retailer in the world to become carbon neutral.
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Analysis & FeaturesFood its saving grace but can M&S keep up the pace?
It’s busy with innovation and refurbs, but does the Simply Value range mean M&S is too tempted to be just another supermarket?