Stuart Machin news, comment and analysis – Page 6
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NewsMedia Bites 7 March: Budget, M&S, EG Group, Premier Foods
The morning’s papers are filled with reaction to the latest Budget, but find room for news M&S joint CEO Katie Bickerstaffe is leaving the retailer
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NewsMedia Bites 6 March: Greggs, Grocery market share, EG Group
The appetite for Greggs’ sausage rolls and steak bakes shows no sign of slowing down after the bakery chain dethroned McDonald’s to become Britain’s most popular breakfast spot
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NewsMedia Bites 5 March: Budget, Caffè Nero, EG Group
The papers focus on tomorrow’s Budget, with M&S boss Stuart Machin hitting out at the tax burden faced by retailers
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NewsCut business rates and reform Apprenticeship Levy, says M&S boss
Stuart Machin has set out what he wants to see announced in Wednesday’s spring budget
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NewsM&S wins High Court victory over Michael Gove’s Marble Arch store decision
The High Court found the decision taken by Gove as levelling up secretary last summer was unlawful
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NewsOcado threatens to sue M&S over final joint venture payment
The joint venture with Ocado Retail has not met undisclosed performance targets, meaning M&S will not automatically pay the full final instalment of £191m
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NewsM&S raises hourly shopworker rates in ‘biggest ever investment in retail pay’
M&S’s new rates will bring it into line with the Real Living Wage
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Analysis & FeaturesHas Ocado done enough to impress investors and M&S?
Ocado Retail ‘weathered the storm’ of 2023, delivering impressive results. Can it deliver on its aspirations to take more grocery market share?
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NewsM&S boosts executive team as it targets digital and international growth
Rachel Higham, who is currently chief information officer at advertising giant WPP, will join M&S ‘later this year’
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Comment & OpinionMarks & Spencer, TikToks and a throwback hit
The concept apparently came from the shop floor, with M&S retail sales manager Jack Norbury submitting a request to CEO Stuart Machin for a song store teams could use on their TikTok accounts
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NewsM&S ramps up value message with price cuts and Status Quo TikTok push
M&S said its latest ‘Family Matters’ survey had found customers felt less optimistic about money over the next three months than in October
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NewsM&S scraps ‘Sparks Prices’ trial as it reviews loyalty scheme
The retailer launched the trial of exclusive prices for loyalty scheme members last summer
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Analysis & FeaturesHow will Red Sea attacks affect UK fmcg?
The UK and US joint air strikes have ramped up the chance of additional violence in the Middle East. So what does this mean for UK fmcg?
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Analysis & FeaturesWhich grocery players hit the stock market jackpot in 2023?
In 2023, crises from Ukraine to the Middle East, plus the ongoing cost of living crisis, battered stocks. Who coped best and what will 2024 bring?
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Analysis & FeaturesFestive sales: the winners and losers of Christmas 2023
A flurry of trading results are in. So where did Santa shop the most this Christmas? And who will be starting 2024 with a new year hangover?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow grocery stock market players coped with 2023’s uncertainty
Fmcg players are used to volatility and uncertainty, driven by a plethora of global crises in recent years.
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Analysis & FeaturesHeroes, car crashes and epic fails in our unofficial review of 2023
It’s been another rollercoaster year in grocery. Here’s our review of the ups and downs that came to define 2023
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NewsMedia Bites 21 November: M&S, Huel, Compass
The middle classes are partly to blame for the rise in shoplifting, according to the chairman of Marks & Spencer.
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NewsHigh Court gives green light for judicial review of Michael Gove’s M&S Marble Arch store decision
The decision follows a legal challenge by M&S to the levelling up secretary’s rejection of its plans to knock down the 93-year-old building
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NewsCity News: Marks & Spencer hails massive growth but keeps forecast cautious
Marks & Spencer “blew the bloody doors off” with its first half results, enthused one analyst, but the strong outperformance didn’t lead to upgraded forecasts