Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...The Dutch-listed company, which has market value of €10.3bn, is turning to former Marks and Spencer chief executive Luc Vandevelde to be chair and interim chief executive, according to people with direct...
...One of the main architects of Marks and Spencer’s turnaround has credited its efforts to break the “vicious circle” of sticking with ageing customers for helping to revive the UK high street stalwart’s fortunes...
...Kerry said discussions about the exact role he would play in climate finance were still in their infancy, but he added: “I’m going to personally try to help accelerate that process of deployment and pull...
...Under M&S’s proposals, three existing buildings would be demolished to make way for a nine-storey development, including a new M&S store, restaurants, offices and a gym....
...A Marks and Spencer superapp would be catnip for investors and Middle England alike. Little wonder that a report claiming it was on the cards sparked the odd frisson....
...Asked what he would do after he leaves the Biden administration, Kerry said discussions were ongoing about the exact role but he added: “I’m going to personally try to help accelerate that process of deployment...
...Marks and Spencer co-chief executive Katie Bickerstaffe is stepping down after less than two years in the role, leaving Stuart Machin as the sole boss of the UK retailer....
...The remarks are an echo of those by Marks and Spencer’s chief executive Stuart Machin, who has described his team as “always positively dissatisfied”....
...Ocado has threatened legal action against Marks and Spencer as the two retailers clash over a final payment tied to their online joint venture....
...Marks and Spencer has become the latest UK retailer to increase wages as large supermarket groups continue to battle to retain workers....
...Marks and Spencer is to pay a dividend for the first time since before the pandemic as bumper food sales powered the UK retailer to a better than expected first-half profit....
...Marks and Spencer has won a legal challenge in the High Court against Michael Gove’s decision to stop the retailer from knocking down its Art Deco flagship store on London’s Oxford Street....
...Tesco and Marks and Spencer have emerged as two of the winners from the crucial Christmas trading period as their range of premium foods drove strong sales....
...“With Skip, I’m going to match his complexion as closely as I can,” he says. “I’m not using it rhetorically to make a statement about the presence of blackness.”...
...“I do say to people, and I’m free to say clearly and I believe it very deeply — no one politician could possibly change what is happening on the planet now in terms of the response to the crisis,” said Kerry...
...Kerry: Well, every aspect of finance is urgent....
...“I decided to have pieces [cast] there because I’m familiar with labour law and knew there was that strong level of protection,” she says....
...Marks and Spencer has upgraded its profit outlook on the back of robust sales in its clothing and home and food businesses....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: Economic data: US government data is expected to show that job openings edged down to about 9.3mn in October from 9.5mn in September while the Institute for Supply...
...When Marks and Spencer first promised shareholders a revival 20 years ago, bands including Busted were in the UK music charts....
...The annual boondoggle in the Crescent City is the perennial opportunity to take the pulse of M&A activity....
...Marks and Spencer is making a return to the FTSE 100 four years after it dropped out, in the latest sign of the changing fortunes of the UK retailer....
...Me Libérez Pas, Je m’en Charge (€19.50) is a dense, velvety red, a riff on self-empowerment. On Se Lève et On Se Casse!...
...All of which brings us back to M&S’s own nightmare before Christmas....
International Edition