All Marks & Spencer articles – Page 65
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And there's &More
Marks and Spencer is going up against Benecol in the cholesterol lowering arena, with the launch of its 20-product strong &More' range on March 12. The range which will be available in 25 stores nationally includes yogurt, cereals, pasta,...
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Marks & Spencer: We stay in Europe'
Marks & Spencer has denied press reports that it is considering pulling the plug on its continental European operations. The retailer confirmed it has instructed estate agent Healey & Baker to review its property holdings in Spain, France, Germany...
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C&A chief enlists with NAAFI
Managing director of C&A UK Neil McCausland, is to join armed forces retail operation NAAFI as chief executive. McCausland has spent the past year at the head of the high street fashion chain after 20 years with Marks and Spencer in a variety of...
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M&S: Marks to take on papers
Newspapers and magazines will on the shelves of Marks and Spencer if a deal between the troubled chain and distributor WH Smith News goes ahead. Mark Cashmore, sales and marketing controller for WH Smith News, confirmed it had been talking to M&S...
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Marks and Spencer: Food defies M&S gloom
The beleaguered boss of Marks and Spencer claims its food business is holding up well despite a dismal performance in the rest of its UK operations. "At the half year, food sales improved by 2.6% [to reach £1.34bn], we maintained market share and...
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Russia: M&S revives Moscow
Marks and Spencer is considering setting up shop in Moscow despite abandoning plans to enter the volatile market just two years ago. A spokesman confirmed two executives had been dispatched to the Russian capital in September on an "exploratory...
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New packs: M&S adds to organic fruit
Marks and Spencer has launched a range of organic apples and pears. They include Cox, Red Falstaff, Kid's Orange, Red Pippin and Conference, according to newly appointed fruit buyer Gary Lindsell. Lindsell expects at least part of this range to be...
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Shareholders: People to take note of
The arrogant high street giants of old are up against unprecedented shareholder anxiety and impatience as they fight to recover. Robert Heller reports on the threat of people power The trials and tribulations of Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury...
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In the city: Just who would buy beleaguered Marks and Spence
Another Marks and Spencer corporate cull began last week as chairman Luc Vandevelde welcomed new blood to the board. But fresh arrivals Roger Holmes and Roger Norgrove did little to allay City concerns about poor performance. Holmes will join from...
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JESTER IMPRESSES MARKS AND SPENCER
A new tomato variety called Jester grown by English Village Salads which also controls the seed has impressed Marks and Spencer so much that it has contracted for supplies well into the next decade. Several other types have been on display at…
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UGLY OR WHAT?
With hardly the most encouraging of names, Ugly Plums have been launched by Marks and Spencer under its Ripe and Ready to Eat range which concentrates on flavour. Unusually the fruit is graded Cat II, but the label draws attention to the fact that...
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Niche markets: Multicoloured choice at M&S
We are all looking for the next blockbuster after calabrese' Traditional English vegetables are being given a new look by Marks and Spencer through its Discoveries range. Purple cauliflower and bright green Romanesque with an almost crystalline...
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APPLES: Exceptional' Sonya arrives
M&S praises exclusive New Zealand variety Marks and Spencer is selling an exclusive New Zealand apple called Sonya for the first time. The variety was first discovered by the multiple in Otago region on South Island and was bred privately outside...
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M&S in marketing reshuffle
Marks & Spencer is reorganising its marketing group in a reshuffle that will create at least three new senior posts. Baker Street has already stated that the necessary skills will be found externally. Group marketing director Alan McWalter will run...
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M&S sells property
Marks and Spencer, under new property chief Chris Williams, is looking to raise a further £250m from selling off property. Property already sold or on the market includes Body Shop and Pizza Land outlets adjacent to M&S stores in Edinburgh, and...
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Multiples: Budgens goes ripe and ready
Budgens has moved into ripe and ready following pioneers such as Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury which have had such ranges on their shelves for more than five years. Dip Chotal, produce marketing manager, said the 19 own label range would also...
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Multiples: Waitrose boss spells out future plans
Sales at Waitrose are on course to smash through the £2bn barrier this year. And md David Felwick said he was confident the chain would not be hit as Sainsbury, Safeway and Marks and Spencer try to rebuild their food businesses. "It is interesting...
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The Grocer focus on ethnic food: A VITAL INFUSION
Marks and Spencer's new Fusion range has all the right ingredients for success a top chef, exotic flavours and a trendy audience Last week Marks and Spencer rolled out its most ambitious ready meal programme to date, launching its Fusion food...
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The Grocer focus on ethnic food:
Lunchboxes with a difference Sushi is rapidly becoming the smart alternative to lunchtime sandwiches and conventional party canapés thanks to the efforts of Waitrose and Marks and Spencer among others. Waitrose was the first multiple to take...
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Marks and Spencer: M&S hangs hope of good recovery in the fo
Marks and Spencer this week confirmed that its food business took a battering last year, with like for like sales down 1.3% in the 12 months to March 31.The troubled retailer has recovered slightly to show like for like growth of 3.2% in the last...