Marks & Spencer news

In the absence of major events to inspire shoppers this year, M&S has launched a new campaign designed to put its food at the heart of everyday occasions. Leveraging M&S's reputation The new campaign to "Make Today Delicious" seeks to build on the retailer's reputation as a destination for special events by showing shoppers how they can use its food to make everyday moments more special. Last y...

M&S has announced that this year it will open six pilot Simply Food stores in the Netherlands - its first outside the UK - as part of a multi-channel package of investments in the country. M&S to pilot Simply Food at BP forecourts The first Simply Food store is set to open at a BP Forecourt in Utrecht in September, followed by five further pilot stores in Amsterdam, The Hague and Utrecht by Nov...

M&S has reported group growth of 3.1% for the 13 weeks to 30 March 2013. Total UK sales grew 2.6% (LFL +0.6%) a marked improvement on last quarter's growth of 0.3% (LFL -1.8%). Food continued to outperform the total business, showing a 6.3% total uplift and a LFL rise of 4.0%. Headline figures from Q4 Group sales: +3.1% Total UK sales: +2.6% (+0.6% LFL) Food sales: +6.3% (+4...

M&S has created a dedicated team to experiment with new technology, according to reports in Retail Week. It also intends to open Simply Food stores in France. Digital lab to introduce 'start up' mentality According to the report, the digital lab will be central in driving M&S'  multi-channel ambitions, with a start-up, agile mentality helping the retailer to evaluate and develop cutting edge ...

We highlight the stores you’ve looked at the most on Retail Analysis in January Aldi, Atherstone, UK : an increasingly potent format Source: IGD research With the discount channel growing rapidly, this store demonstrates many of the reasons why discounters are trading so successfully. The store has developed its product range through investing in NPD acr...

M&S has reported group growth of 0.6% for the 13 weeks to 29 December 2012. Total UK sales grew just 0.3%, with LFL of -1.8%. Food outperformed the total business, showing a 2.7% total uplift and a LFL rise of 0.3%. Headline figures from Q3 Group sales: +0.6% Total UK sales: +0.3% (-1.8% LFL) Food sales: +2.7% (+0.3% LFL) General merchandise: -2.2% (-3.8% LFL) Multichannel...

Our summary of when retailers will reveal their Christmas trading results. Monday January 7th – Morrisons Wednesday January 9th – Sainsbury’s Thursday January 10th – Tesco and M&S Monday January 15th – Ocado Watch out for our analysis on the day and for our upcoming Christmas trading special analysis. Want to learn more about the trading outlook? ...