Marks & Spencer news and analysis – Page 82
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Shareholders: People to take note of
The arrogant high street giants of old are up against unprecedented shareholder anxiety and impatience as they fight to recover. Robert Heller reports on the threat of people power The trials and tribulations of Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury...
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In the city: Just who would buy beleaguered Marks and Spence
Another Marks and Spencer corporate cull began last week as chairman Luc Vandevelde welcomed new blood to the board. But fresh arrivals Roger Holmes and Roger Norgrove did little to allay City concerns about poor performance. Holmes will join from...
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JESTER IMPRESSES MARKS AND SPENCER
A new tomato variety called Jester grown by English Village Salads which also controls the seed has impressed Marks and Spencer so much that it has contracted for supplies well into the next decade. Several other types have been on display at…
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UGLY OR WHAT?
With hardly the most encouraging of names, Ugly Plums have been launched by Marks and Spencer under its Ripe and Ready to Eat range which concentrates on flavour. Unusually the fruit is graded Cat II, but the label draws attention to the fact that...
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Niche markets: Multicoloured choice at M&S
We are all looking for the next blockbuster after calabrese' Traditional English vegetables are being given a new look by Marks and Spencer through its Discoveries range. Purple cauliflower and bright green Romanesque with an almost crystalline...
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APPLES: Exceptional' Sonya arrives
M&S praises exclusive New Zealand variety Marks and Spencer is selling an exclusive New Zealand apple called Sonya for the first time. The variety was first discovered by the multiple in Otago region on South Island and was bred privately outside...
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M&S in marketing reshuffle
Marks & Spencer is reorganising its marketing group in a reshuffle that will create at least three new senior posts. Baker Street has already stated that the necessary skills will be found externally. Group marketing director Alan McWalter will run...
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M&S sells property
Marks and Spencer, under new property chief Chris Williams, is looking to raise a further £250m from selling off property. Property already sold or on the market includes Body Shop and Pizza Land outlets adjacent to M&S stores in Edinburgh, and...
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Multiples: Budgens goes ripe and ready
Budgens has moved into ripe and ready following pioneers such as Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury which have had such ranges on their shelves for more than five years. Dip Chotal, produce marketing manager, said the 19 own label range would also...
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Multiples: Waitrose boss spells out future plans
Sales at Waitrose are on course to smash through the £2bn barrier this year. And md David Felwick said he was confident the chain would not be hit as Sainsbury, Safeway and Marks and Spencer try to rebuild their food businesses. "It is interesting...
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The Grocer focus on ethnic food: A VITAL INFUSION
Marks and Spencer's new Fusion range has all the right ingredients for success a top chef, exotic flavours and a trendy audience Last week Marks and Spencer rolled out its most ambitious ready meal programme to date, launching its Fusion food...
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The Grocer focus on ethnic food:
Lunchboxes with a difference Sushi is rapidly becoming the smart alternative to lunchtime sandwiches and conventional party canapés thanks to the efforts of Waitrose and Marks and Spencer among others. Waitrose was the first multiple to take...
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Marks and Spencer: M&S hangs hope of good recovery in the fo
Marks and Spencer this week confirmed that its food business took a battering last year, with like for like sales down 1.3% in the 12 months to March 31.The troubled retailer has recovered slightly to show like for like growth of 3.2% in the last...
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M&S puts expansion plans on hold
Marks and Spencer has put on hold all international expansion while it sorts out its UK operations, chairman Luc Vandevelde said this week. "At this point we've stopped all expansion everywhere until we know where we want to go and how we want to do...
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Streamlining process ahead for M&S management team
Marks and Spencer has restructured its main board, saying it is now focusing on strategy and corporate governance so no longer needs the same degree of "functional representation". Chairman Luc Vandevelde said this reflected a new approach that...
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It's now too late for former staff to claim says M&S
Marks and Spencer will not be facing a huge pay out to former managers, the chain has claimed. Former M&S food marketing and design executive Gerry Hodes was unfairly dismissed last year, according to a recent industrial tribunal decision, and is...
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Organics: M&S set for exclusive ranges
Marks and Spencer has announced a joint organic farming venture with the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service. Through the venture, a range of brassica crops and some root vegetables could also be tested for sale on an exclusive basis....
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Blow for M&S as directors quit
Marks & Spencer suffered another setback this week when the head of its food business unit quit. Roger Whiteside is leaving to join LM Solutions, a company set up to seek internet opportunities in the European food markets. M&S said no sucessor...
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M&S relaunches with image makeover
Marks & Spencer this week relaunched itself with an upbeat brand identity which the group hopes will help revive its fortunes. The new Marks & Spencer logo will represent the brand on packaging, labelling, promotional material and in stores. The...
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Evolution of a whole new look
Marks and Spencer will revamp its branding and packaging across its entire food and non food product range by the end of the year. The company announced this week that the St Michael brand would disappear from some goods and feature only on the...