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Marks & Spencer news and analysis – Page 31
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NewsM&S to open 83 more cafés and pass VAT cut on to customers
It means that from 22 July a flat white coffee will cost £2.36 instead of £2,70, while a sausage bun will be £3.28 instead of £3.75
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Analysis & FeaturesPrompt payment: how do supermarkets compare?
How do the supermarkets measure up when it comes to paying their suppliers, and what changes have they made through the pandemic?
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NewsM&S relaunches ‘Little Shop’ toys using more cardboard and repurposed plastic
The retailer ‘heard concerns from customers about sustainability’ said M&S Food MD Stuart Machin
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NewsM&S relaunches Sparks loyalty scheme with updated app
The retailer has spent the past nine months redesigning the flagging scheme
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Comment & OpinionM&S confuses cream tea debate with strawberry clotted cream
One of the surprises of lockdown has been demand for cream tea delivery
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Comment & OpinionFour ways the world will ‘never be the same again’ for Marks & Spencer
While some customer habits will return to normal, “others have changed forever,” says M&S CEO Steve Rowe
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NewsM&S sets out safety measures ahead of clothing space opening on 15 June
The retailer said experience from running nearly 600 food stores through lockdown had given staff extensive experience of social distancing measures that would be rolled out to clothing departments
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NewsM&S expands food box range due to soaring demand
Demand for the boxes has been so strong that some variants have sold out in recent days, according to M&S
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NewsM&S set to gravitate away from high streets more after coronavirus
Struggling travel franchise sites and some city centre locations have contributed to sluggish food sales during the crisis
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NewsCity snapshot: M&S profits slump despite food ‘outperformance’
Strong sales and profit growth in Marks & Spencer’s food business was not enough to turn around the group’s falling profits as weaker clothing and home sales hit its bottom line.
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Comment & OpinionNPD is making a comeback but more support will be needed from grocers
Grocers also need to find new ways to respond to shopper missions that are being lost in the melee
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NewsM&S to reopen cafés for takeaway hot drinks
One member of staff will both make drinks and take payment, for better social distancing
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NewsM&S extends Deliveroo home delivery partnership, adding 20 stores
The move brings the total number of stores offering home delivery to 142
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NewsM&S unveils raft of support measures for its UK farmer suppliers
The initiatives include a new marketing campaign, sourcing commitments and the launch of a new UK meat box
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NewsMarks & Spencer to offer staff home testing for coronavirus
M&S said today it was offering home-testing for staff and their families across the whole of the UK
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NewsM&S to provide more clothing for discharged hospital patients
M&S has been delivering the clothing packs to the NHS Nightingale Hospital in London since earlier this month
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NewsM&S Food MD Stuart Machin reassures farmers while urging government to help dairy
In a letter to farming unions, Machin has reasserted M&S’s commitments while calling on the government to do more
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NewsM&S, Lidl, Aldi and the Southern Co-op step up help for community projects hit by coronavirus
The retailers are partnering with community charity Neighbourly to help projects such as food banks, homeless shelters, elderly care and youth clubs
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NewsM&S boosts food box deliveries using clothing & home DC
The boxes are now being picked and despatched from M&S’s main distribution centre in Castle Donington
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NewsRatings agency Fitch downgrades M&S to junk status
Global ratings agency Fitch has downgraded Marks & Spencer’s long-term credit rating to junk status as the coronavirus lockdown exacerbates “historical operating weakness”