All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 59
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Despatch points
The major grocery chains in Northern Ireland are The Co-operative Group, Iceland, Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury, Safeway and Tesco. Our mystery shoppers do not visit Iceland and M&S, so how do they measure up?Iceland stores in NI are...
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M&S has high hopes of credit card scheme
Marks and Spencer Money expects to sign 5 million customers to its new &more joint credit and loyalty card – more than all its rival retailers’ cards put together.Group chief executive officer Roger Holmes said the conversion of 2.3 million...
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M&S builds platform for growers
Marks and Spencer is rolling out its Meet the Farmer programme, in which farmers and growers have the chance to sound out the views of more than a million consumers in total.The rollout into 25 flagship stores over the next six month comes...
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M&S rolls out new credit card
Marks and Spencer has announced that its combined credit card and loyalty programme – the “&more” credit Card – will go live nationally on October 6. The “&more” credit card can be used in all outlets which accept credit card payments. From...
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In Profile: Q&A with Nigel Hardy, Trading Director for Multiple Grocers, Gallaher
What is your background? I worked for 10 years at Marks and Spencer. One of my first roles was as assistant manager at the store in Northumberland...
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M&S service aims for easy celebrating
Marks & Spencer is rolling out a party service to stores to capitalise on the popularity of its Christmas ordering service.Called ‘Leave it to us…’ it is geared towards customers ordering food for special occasions, from informal suppers to...
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A fun factory delivers
I pray thee leave, call home the heart you gave me….’ Billy Dobinson, a customer assistant at Marks & Spencer’s Metro Centre, is reading aloud from a book of love poems. Every now and then he stops reading and unashamedly plugs his Valentine’s Day...
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M&S to open more Lifestore outlets
Marks & Spencer has confirmed it is to extend its new Lifestores concept – even before the pilot outlet has opened. The chain is spending £60m on its Lifestore concept where homewares are grouped together by ideas such as “rest” and...
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Thompson’s back after a Gap
Anthony Thompson has rejoined Marks & Spencer as its director of childrenswear.Thompson joined US fashion retailer Gap in 2000 as senior vice president Europe, responsible for building the brand in the UK, France and Germany. His...
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Geest uses tags for M&S lines
Geest is rolling out radio frequency identification tagging technology across all factories supplying Marks and Spencer as part of a radical drive to improve supply chain efficiency.All trays heading for M&S are being equipped with tags...
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The Saturday Essay
>>let’s get close to farmers – Paul Willgoss, head of agriculture and technical manager of protein foods, M&SAt Marks & Spencer our customers’ interest in where their food comes from and how it is produced has never been greater. Who...
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M&S goes for seasonal best
David Shapley Consumers are being encouraged to pick up the best tasting seasonal fruit and veg at Marks and Spencer. The retailer has launched Best of Season', a new initiative to promote seasonal produce. The products selected for...
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Usdaw seeks M&S foothold
Shopworkers' union Usdaw is seeking recognition at Marks and Spencer after it claimed it had been inundated with calls from angry staff wanting to join the union after discovering they faced cuts in pay. M&S has announced it would cut its...
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BP powers up Connect offer
Anne Bruce Petrol giant BP has created a convenience operations division and recruited buyers and other staff from Alldays, Aldi, Marks and Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury. The division takes in all 1,240 BP forecourt stores, which clocked up...
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M&S launches Simply Food into m-way services
Marks and Spencer will open a Simply Food store at the Moto Toddington services on the M1 this summer in its first foray into motorway retailing. The 2,100 sq ft store will focus on meal solutions, fresh produce, dairy, baked goods, sandwiches,...
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Asda has this week been named as the country's favourite sup
Shoppers were asked to rank retailers as best or second best on five key attributes: price, range, quality, service and shelf stocks. They were asked to choose between Asda, the Co-op, Kwik Save, Iceland, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Safeway,...
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M&S to trial virtual sales assistant
Marks and Spencer is to trial a virtual sales assistant alongside its self-checkout till (SCOT) and said that it would also roll-out the tills to a further eight stores this autumn.The virtual sales assistant is a fully animated 3D image...
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Exclusive Jubilee at M&S
Jubilee strawberries will be on sale exclusively in all 300 Marks and Spencer stores this season and are expected to make more than 50% of its strawberry sales by August. The variety made its debut last summer over a six-week period in selected...
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Remember when Marks and Spencer's Italian ready meals were t
What a difference a decade makes. With more sophisticated palates, today's consumers are not only likely to eschew the old ready meal mainstays, they are also just as likely to pick up one of the bewildering choice of alternatives in a supermarket...