Hints and tips:
...“I can write my own narrative as I’m playing.”...
...M&S’s contract with HSBC, which owns M&S Bank, is up for renewal. M&S is likely to push for more control and a bigger cut of the spoils....
...“M&S has a history of overpromising and underdelivering.” The strong performance from Tesco and M&S comes a day after rival J Sainsbury disappointed investors with weak general merchandise sales....
...Google Trends As well as the seasonal overtones (ice, angel, Turkey etc), there was a further theme to these answers, which could have made it a bit easier. . . the first letters of each answer spell out C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S...
...Her spinning hut becomes a merry-go-round of similar problematic narratives, barrelling through South Pacific and M*A*S*H....
...And it makes everything from ski gear for Columbia Sportswear to jumpers for H&M....
...Other companies, such as H&M, have offered customers discounts on purchases if they bring in used clothes for safe disposal or recycling....
...H&M and Zara were the first fast-fashion retailers, selling trend-led clothing at affordable prices....
...When JFK asked him why he was working so late, the janitor replied: “Because I’m not mopping the floors, I’m putting a man on the moon!” We seem to be missing that big national goal these days....
...The battle for Middle England John Lewis and M&S are courting the same middle-class customers. They are having differing levels of success, the FT’s Laura Onita writes....
...They’re beating out big companies like Tesla and popular ETFs like the S&P 500. This activity has caught the attention of major public exchanges and traders....
...A rare bit of M&A to create the UK’s leading housebuilder and new data showing property prices continuing to rise offer new hope for a sector that has been badly hit by higher mortgage rates....
...P Global/Cips December purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for manufacturing and services UK: November insolvency figures and GfK Consumer Confidence Survey Results: Darden Restaurants Q2, H&M Q4 sales update...
...A*S*H....
...Encouragingly, management reported strong demand for both its value food products and its top-tier M&S Collection items....
...I had scrapped acquaintances with a couple of Cs, an A, an H and at least one M, all of whom were sufficiently liberal-minded to tolerate an S in their circle....
...A*S*H in passing....
...I’m not convinced by this, given both the frequency of banking crises and the fact that the chosen time span gives bank stocks a full 12 years to make back their crisis losses....
...Big share moves on the European stock exchanges include Swedish tool maker Husqvarna, British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s and clothing retailers H&M and Superdry: Shares in Husqvarna rose 13 per cent...
...I’m one of those who knows that he doesn’t know....
...European investors cheered retail-focused stocks, with shares of H&M jumping 18 per cent after the Sweden-based fashion retailer said its second-quarter profits beat estimates even as inflation and high...
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: Zelenskyy in Washington: US president Joe Biden will host Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House....
...A fashion insider recommended the M&S Collection Tummy Control padded square neck swimsuit (£29.50, marksandspencer.com), which I bought in the copper colour....
...I’m proud of all the things we did. I just wish we had done a little more of the original thing. AE-J: Does this change your business model or your addressable market?...
...And for all M&S’s current momentum, it has limitations of its own....
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