All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 64
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Make us the first door you knock on M&S food boss urges supp
Exclusive Julian Hunt The head of Marks and Spencer's food business is urging suppliers with new product ideas to make the chain their first point of call even if they don't already do business with it. In his first interview since joining M&S...
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Supermarkets' TV budgets are hard fought for by the big advertising agencies. And TV campaigns are increasingly pivotal in retailers' marketing strategies even screen-shy Marks and Spencer has got in on the act. But do all supermarkets' small...
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Marks and Spencer: M&S to trial Indian franchise stores
Marks and Spencer is to tackle India with plans to open two trial franchises in October. The company has formed a partnership with Planet Sports for stores in Bombay and New Delhi, scaled down from the usual 40,000 sq ft to 8,000 sq ft, and selling...
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Apples: Jazz debut at Marks
Marks and Spencer is promoting the latest New Zealand apple variety called Jazz for the first time this season. The bicoloured fruit is a Braeburn/Royal Gala cross and is harvested later than either. Because of its tolerance to storage it can be...
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Convenience stores: Connex stations set for 40 stores
Exclusive Anne Bruce Railway stations have become the latest battle ground for convenience operators with French catering giant Elior preparing to launch a co-branded c-store chain. The news comes a week after Marks and Spencer revealed it was...
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Marks and Spencer's Simply Food: M&S set for more high stree
Marks and Spencer's Simply Food c-store format looks set for major expansion just three weeks after the first trial store opened. Sites for further high street c-stores have already been identified, and the retailer has linked up with the Compass...
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No battery egg aim at M&S
Marks & Spencer claims it is set to become the first food retailer to completely remove battery eggs from its food range. The chain, which has been bolstering flagging fortunes in its clothing sector with innovations in its grocery aisles, said the...
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Retail spotlight: This M&S is Simply Food
The chain has eschewed mainstream moneyspinners for its first c-store format and is sticking to what many say it does best. Anne Bruce reports Marks and Spencer is clinging to a few mementos of its heyday as it bows to the demands of modern...
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M&S will tailor Simply Food to local customer patterns
Opening week sales at Marks and Spencer's first Simply Food c-store in Surbiton are said to have been buoyant. The new c-store solution was created to tackle concerns raised by customers in an M&S review of its high street portfolio according to...
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Marks and Spencer: M&S works to enhance image in fresh produ
Organics central in drive to expand niche markets Marks and Spencer claimed several "firsts" this week in its drive to enhance its fresh produce image. The new lines include organic Elsanta strawberries, grown by Angus Davison of Herefordshire....
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Marks and Spencer: Lunch to Go facility set up
M&S has reorganised its logistics arrangements for its rapidly growing Lunch to Go food delivery service. Lunch to Go delivers sandwiches, salads and microwave meals in vans direct to offices in London and other major cities in the UK, typically...
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Jude gets to work with the Marks and Spencer brand
Marks and Spencer has appointed Jude Bridge head of external marketing, reporting to group marketing director Alan McWalter. Bridge, who joins in September, will oversee the development of the chain's new customer-focused marketing strategy in its...
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No fears over M&S effect
Northern Foods chief executive Jo Stewart is optimistic that M&S's troubles will not impact on his business. Over exposure to Marks & Spencer, which provides about 30% of Northern's business, is not a cause for concern, Stewart emphasised. ...
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Marks and Spencer: Vandevelde sees food as key to M&S reviva
We need to extend in food, home and beauty as well as financial services' An extended food operation is to be the lynchpin of M&S's recovery strategy. Chief executive and chairman Luc Vandevelde said: "Food is the best example of where we are...
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Water standards: M&S takes to waters
Marks and Spencer has relaxed its historically tight grip on its brand to licence a Severn Trent Water project. David Gregory, M&S head of food technology, said the move was one of many initiatives planned as the retailer seeks to reap benefits...
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Marks & Spencer: B&Q's Stevenson is retail director
Marks & Spencer has appointed Barry Stevenson as retail director for its UK Retail business. Stevenson will sit on the UK Retail board, reporting to managing director Roger Holmes, and will join the company immediately. After an early career with...
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Marks and Spencer: European exit is still on course'
Marks and Spencer has denied that its withdrawal from mainland Europe has run into trouble after plans to close its French stores were suspended by a French court. "The closure of our stores in Europe was never intended to be immediate," said a...
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Marks and Spencer: Food central to UK battle plan as M&S shu
Food is set to play a key role in the recovery of Marks and Spencer's ailing business. This week the firm said it was closing all its European stores and selling its US operations in order to concentrate on its UK business. The moves will mean the...
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Marks & Spencer: European exit plans denied
Marks & Spencer has emphasised that a "wide ranging review of its business operations at home and abroad" should not be seen as "a precursor to moving out of [continental] Europe". The revival of persistent rumours that the struggling retailer is...
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M&S's centre move
Marks & Spencer is set to open a store in Peel Holdings' £880m retail and leisure park,Trafford Centre, Manchester. M&S will move onto the site of the 36,000 sq ft C&A store, which is closing, after initially rejecting the idea of a site at the...