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Marks & Spencer CEO, Stuart Machin has urged the government to launch a review of legislation and its implementation as the burden on retail increases. Stuart Machin said: “I have never known the burden on retail sit as heavy as it does today”. “On many of these policy areas we …

Marks & Spencer has appointed Cheryl Potter to its board as a non-executive director, effective from March 1. Potter joins following a 20-year career at global private equity firm, Permira as head of the global consumer team. As well as leading the global consumer practice she served on the boards …

M&S (Marks & Spencer) has added two new roles to its retail, operations and property leadership team with the appointment of Will Smith as property director and Helen Milford as retail director. M&S said: ‘Both will report into retail, operations & property director Sacha Berendji. Whilst we have previously had …

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced plans to open a new 60,000sq ft store at British Land’s Giltbrook Retail Park in Nottingham in Summer 2020. Up to 150 new and existing M&S staff will work at the new store in Nottingham, with recruitment in Spring 2020. The announcement comes less …

This year Marks & Spencer (M&S) customers are getting ready for Christmas earlier than ever before. The clothing, home and food products chain said ‘Christmas’ has been in the top 10 customer searches on M&S.com since the beginning of September, with an average of 2,500 searches a day. In response …

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has removed glitter from its entire Christmas celebration range this year, including greeting cards, wrapping paper, tags, gift bags, calendars and crackers. All designs which previously featured glitter are now widely recyclable and have been replaced with paper patterns or minimal foils. The move represents the …

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced that Jill McDonald is leaving the business nearly two years after taking over as managing director of clothing and home. The retailer’s ceo Steve Rowe will be taking over her responsibilities in the near term. He said: “Jill was brought in to establish a …

Marks & Spencer Food has announced its first ever TV sponsorship as it joins forces with ITV series ‘Britain’s Got Talent’. The retailer said ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ is the UK’s most popular TV talent show, with a peak audience of 11.2 million viewers for the 2018 series. The sponsorship deal …

Marks and Spencer today (Wednesday January 27) announced the creation of a new 50/50 joint venture with pureplay digital grocer Ocado. Under the deal, M&S will acquire a 50% share of Ocado’s UK retail business for up to £750 million. The joint venture will trade as Ocado.com but will benefit …

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has stepped up its commitment to reducing the amount of plastic it uses by launching more than 90 lines of loose fruit and vegetables completely free of plastic packaging in a trial at its Tolworth store in Surrey. To support the trial, M&S has introduced trained …