All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 57
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Job shake up at M&S
Marks & Spencer has announced it will be cutting the number of executive directors from six to three after a shake up of its management structure.The three executive directors will be Stuart Rose, Charles Wilson and a new finance director to...
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Debut for French duo
Marks and Spencer will be selling 150 tonnes of Naturiane- branded apples Ariane and Doriane from December.The French varieties were unveiled at the Sial food show in Paris by SAS Pomalia, which represents growers, breeders and distributors....
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City braced for bad news
Investors will be bracing themselves for bad news in the next two weeks as three major food retailers prepare to release trading updates.Marks and Spencer and the Big Food Group will release their second-quarter trading figures on Tuesday...
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M&S acquired Per Una business
Marks & Spencer continues with its road to recovery programme with its recent announcement that it has acquired the Per Una brand and company from George Davis for £125m.George Davis will continue to be responsible for the business and will...
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Boots boosts its lunchtime foods market
Boots is planning to launch a new range of lunchtime food options, which will be in direct competition to Marks & Spencer’s Simply Foods format.The new range will include a value and a premium meal deal, which will also give consumers the...
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M&S adds time limit to its refund policy
Marks & Spencer is to end its easy refund policy, which currently allows customers to return items whenever they wish without having to worry about a time limit.The company is expected to set a time limit of three months, according to...
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Accolade for M&S firms
Marks and Spencer’s strawberry growers are celebrating after sweeping the board during the Kent Soft Fruit Show.The retailer’s growers dominated the prizes during last week’s show, with the exclusive Jubilee variety taking first prize in two...
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Food standalones will continue
Marks and Spencer will unveil a radical new look for its food offer in its Basingstoke store this autumn as part of a series of initiatives to revive food sales.This will be followed in January by a new dieting concept and developments in...
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Food standalones will continue
Marks and Spencer will unveil a radical new look for its food offer in its Basingstoke store this autumn as part of a series of initiatives to revive food sales.This will be followed in January by a new dieting concept and developments in...
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Less is more at M&S food
Less is more will be the new mantra at Marks and Spencer’s food division as a scattergun approach to new product development is replaced with more targeted innovation, suppliers have been told.The strategy was unveiled as food suppliers were...
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M&S takes welfare high ground
A straightforward consumer-focused quality standard is under development to give Marks and Spencer an edge when it comes to meat sales.The scheme, with the working title Project Green Pastures, was launched to farmers at this week’s Royal...
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M&S marketing director departs
Marks and Spencer marketing director Alice Avis has left the company following the appointment of Steven Sharp to head up marketing.Sharp was a colleague of M& S’s newly-appointed chief executive Stuart Rose when they were on the board at...
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Decisions made for the future of M&S Food
New Marks and Spencer chief executive Stuart Rose will outline his plans for the company’s food division on Thursday at an all day conference with suppliers.M&S declined to comment on the purpose of the meeting, which will be held at M&S’...
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M&S pay-offs have cost £3m
It emerged yesterday that the cost of axing the four executive directors at Marks & Spencer has reached £3m through payment of settlement packages.The former chairman Luc Vandevelde received the equivalent of his year’s salary of about...
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Ronson may be eyeing up M&S property
According to The Guardian today, Gerald Ronson is believed to have arranged financial backing to acquire a large slice of Marks & Spencer’s property portfolio.The property tycoon is understood to have been working on the plan to buy...
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Radice to go after M&S shake-up
Vittorio Radice, the former Selfridges boss who developed the Lifestore concept at Marks & Spencer is to leave the company this Friday with a payoff of about £800,000.The executive joined Marks & Spencer in March last year and was recently...
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M&S wraps up Atkins on the go
Marks and Spencer is to introduce a range of ‘low carb’ foods to cater for customers aiming to reduce their carbohydrate intake.It has also introduced an “= low carb” logo for packaging, to flag up low carbohydrate convenience food to fans of...
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M&S poaches from clothing rival Asda
Marks and Spencer has appointed Kate Bostock - currently a product director for Asda's George collection - to take over from Steve Longdon as boss of its womenswear department.Bostock has been product director for the George global brand...
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M&S chairman's contract was challenged before
The Marks and Spencer board was told more than a year and a half ago that non-executive chairman Luc Vandevelde’s £450,000 pay packet and outside concerns would cause problems.Non-executive director Tony Ball, who was then also chief...