Marks & Spencer news and analysis – Page 8
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NewsCity snapshot: M&S joint CEO Katie Bickerstaffe to step down
Marks & Spencer has announced that joint CEO Katie Bickerstaffe will step away from the company this year
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KVI TrackerSalmon producers facing legal action from UK retailers over price-fixing claims
Asda, Iceland, Marks & Spencer, Ocado, Morrisons, Aldi and Co-op have appointed Stephenson Harwood to seek compensation on their behalf
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Comment & OpinionOrganised crime gangs a ‘threat to every retailer’
The shoplifting scourge isn’t slowing, but getting worryingly worse
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NewsCut business rates and reform Apprenticeship Levy, says M&S boss
Stuart Machin has set out what he wants to see announced in Wednesday’s spring budget
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NewsM&S wins High Court victory over Michael Gove’s Marble Arch store decision
The High Court found the decision taken by Gove as levelling up secretary last summer was unlawful
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NewsOcado threatens to sue M&S over final joint venture payment
The joint venture with Ocado Retail has not met undisclosed performance targets, meaning M&S will not automatically pay the full final instalment of £191m
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NewsAldi loses appeal in battle with M&S over copycat light-up gin
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by the High Court that Aldi infringed M&S’s registered designs for a range of gin-based liqueurs
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NewsM&S raises hourly shopworker rates in ‘biggest ever investment in retail pay’
M&S’s new rates will bring it into line with the Real Living Wage
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Range PreviewEgg-spresso Martini and Flossy the Cow: M&S Easter range 2024
This year, M&S is upping the ante with a Wonka-style competition that could see you £5k richer if you find the elusive green chick sweet
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NewsBritish Corner Shop owes M&S £500k after downfall
The British Corner Shop owes a total of £2.5m to creditors, a new administrator’s report shows
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Analysis & FeaturesSpotted in stores: what’s new for February 2024
Each month, we highlight new and interesting products, displays and features our team has snapped in the leading grocers
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NewsBP hires David Phillpot as convenience trading director Europe
In his most recent role as franchise director at M&S, he led relationships and commercial plans with M&S franchise partners, including BP
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NewsM&S: Gove based Marble Arch store decision on policy that ‘doesn’t exist’
In a legal challenge which reached High Court this week, M&S claimed Gove ‘misunderstood and misapplied’ national planning policy in arriving at his decision in July last year
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Analysis & FeaturesMeet the top 10 women making an impact in own label
A competitive own-label range is becoming ever more crucial to the success of the supermarkets – and women are playing an ever greater role. We meet the big hitters
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Comment & OpinionM&S x Zoe hype shows how to ‘rocket launch’ innovation
If you want to get a product launched successfully, it requires rocket-fuelled propulsion, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Range PreviewSupermarket dine-in deals for a budget Valentine’s Day 2024
Supermarkets are here to help you wine, dine, and save your way through a cost of living crisis Valentine’s Day
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NewsM&S introduces new recyclable packaging for café sandwiches
The move will save M&S from using a claimed 4.5 million pieces of plastic a year
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Analysis & FeaturesCan the Zoe nutrition programme change the UK’s diet?
Personalised nutrition programme Zoe has racked up countless column inches and, most recently, an M&S partnership. How is the app shaping food choices and will it go mainstream?
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Natalie Phillips, PR & social media, M&S
’I moonlight as one of M&S’s most iconic characters – Percy Pig’
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Analysis & FeaturesSpotted in stores: what’s new for January 2024
Each month, we highlight new and interesting products and displays our team has snapped in the leading grocers