Marks and Spencer
This coverage analyses Marks and Spencer’s strategy, performance, and influence within the UK retail market. Reporting highlights store operations, product innovation, online developments, financial results, marketing campaigns, and leadership changes. With a focus on commercial impact and competitive dynamics, it offers insights for professionals managing grocery, fashion, and homeware retailing at scale.
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Nov- 2021 -25 NovemberPeople Moves
Asda unveils new board appointments
Asda has appointed Lord Rose as its new chairman and Dame Alison Carnwath as non-executive director, with both appointments taking effect from 1 December. Rose is currently chairman of Zenith Automotive and the EG Group. Previously, he was CEO and executive chairman of Marks and Spencer, and he has also…
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24 NovemberClothing & Shoes
M&S acquires 25% stake in Nobody’s Child
Marks and Spencer has announced it is furthering its partnership with Nobody’s Child by investing in a 25% stake in the clothing brand, following a “positive first year of working together”. While Nobody’s Child will continue to operate independently, it will now be able to use M&S’s investment and infrastructure…
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22 NovemberDepartment Stores
US equity firm Apollo examines potential M&S buyout
US private equity firm Apollo has reportedly been considering a buyout of Marks and Spencer, after initially considering it to be undervalued. According to the Sunday Times, it said city sources believe that Apollo considered M&S to be a “bargain” and that the impact of Covid-19 had unfairly “weighed down”…
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10 NovemberSupermarkets
Retail and Hospitality leaders sign UK soy manifesto
UK industry leaders from 27 major businesses, including all of the biggest UK grocery retailers – Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Marks and Spencer and Iceland – and a group of restaurant brands have signed the UK soy manifesto. This commits them to cutting deforestation and habitat destruction out of UK…
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Oct- 2021 -19 OctoberSupermarkets
Rising energy and fuel costs hits supermarket sales
Total Till grocery sales slowed to -0.7% in the last four weeks ending 9 October 2021, as UK shoppers begin to rebalance their spending habits amid growing concerns around rising energy and fuel costs, according to new data released by NielsenIQ. During the period, UK shoppers spent £11.8bn on groceries,…
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13 OctoberHigh Street
Holland & Barrett to close stores on Boxing Day
Holland and Barrett is the latest store to announce plans to close all its stores in the UK and Ireland on Saturday, 25 December and Sunday, 26 December 2021, as a “thank you to colleagues for their efforts during the pandemic”. It follows in the footsteps of Morrisons, Marks and…
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5 OctoberHigh Street
M&S to unveil first Jaeger collection
Marks and Spencer has announced that it will officially launch the first collection with clothing brand Jaeger on 6 October, with a new capsule collection available to customers. The retailer previously acquired the brand in January for a total of £6m as part of its wider ‘brands at Marks and…
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1 OctoberHigh Street
M&S enters partnership with Maro Itoje for new menswear collection
Marks and Spencer has announced a new partnership with England rugby player Maro Itoje for its latest menswear collection. According to the retailer, Itoje is set to “front” the collections for autumn 2021, where he will showcase a “versatile” range of products across M&S collection and autograph. It revealed the…
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Sep- 2021 -30 SeptemberClothing & Shoes
M&S resets its sustainability programme
Marks and Spencer has reset its Plan A sustainability programme, with the company now focusing on “becoming a net zero Scope 3 business across its entire supply chain and products by 2040”. The retailer has set out a roadmap to net zero using “science-based targets aligned to the UN ambition…
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21 SeptemberFeatures
September’s retail results: The winners and losers
Retail can be argued as the industry that has shifted the most as a direct result of the global pandemic, and continues to change as we enter a post-pandemic period. The rise of e-commerce has been accompanied by high profile high street closures, supermarkets have become the centre of private…
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