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M&S transforms workforce scheduling for 80,000 colleagues with JDA and Microsoft teams

Marks & Spencer is a leading retailer with a strong and unique heritage of brand values. As the retailer transforms, it is focused on using industry-leading technology to create efficient, insight-driven stores led by empowered colleagues. With more than 80,000

07/01/2020 | Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News | Read More
M&S starts fitting out new store at Rochdale Riverside

M&S starts fitting out new store at Rochdale Riverside

Today, M&S is proud to announce it has begun “fitting out” its new store at the Rochdale Riverside development. The Riverside is a joint venture between Genr8 and Kajima, in partnership with Rochdale Borough Council, it will bring approximately 200,000sq

14/11/2019 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
M&S to introduce reusable containers for fresh food-to-go

M&S to introduce reusable containers for fresh food-to-go

M&S has become the first major retailer to introduce a reusable container incentive for fresh food-to-go at its Market Place counters, as part of its plan to reduce single-use packaging.

02/08/2019 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Undeterred by poor sales growth, M&S continues its fight for longevity, says GlobalData

Undeterred by poor sales growth, M&S continues its fight for longevity, says GlobalData

Following today’s release of M&S FY figures for 2018/19, Thomas Brereton, Retail Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, comments: ‘‘Three years into the “biggest transformation in UK retail history”, M&S is finding it difficult to see the

22/05/2019 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Marks & Spencer launches eco bag with social impact

Marks & Spencer launches eco bag with social impact

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has launched a new eco-shopping bag that helps prevent waste and reduce poverty among people living in Haiti and the Philippines. Launching in stores on 6 November, the re-usable bag is made from 75% Social Plastic©,

05/11/2018 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Marks & Spencer enhances customer experience through Rant & Rave partnership

Marks & Spencer enhances customer experience through Rant & Rave partnership

Rant & Rave, the leader in real-time customer engagement technology today announces a partnership with Marks & Spencer (M&S) to enable an easier process of capturing feedback from customers. This partnership will support M&S’s transformation to become a digital-first business,

17/09/2018 | Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News | Read More
M&S enables simpler click & collect returns with Doddle

M&S enables simpler click & collect returns with Doddle

Marks & Spencer has expanded its partnership with Doddle to provide easier online returns from M&S.com across its Simply Food stores.

09/08/2018 | Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News | Read More
Marks & Spencer selects True to drive digital innovation agenda

Marks & Spencer selects True to drive digital innovation agenda

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has partnered with True, Europe’s only retail and consumer investment and innovation firm, to gain pre-emptive access to its deep-rooted retail and consumer expertise, emerging technologies, proprietary research and sector-specific international network. The partnership with True

06/08/2018 | Retail News | Read More
Microsoft and M&S launch partnership aimed at transforming retail experience using power of AI

Microsoft and M&S launch partnership aimed at transforming retail experience using power of AI

Microsoft Corp. and M&S have announced the signing of a strategic partnership focused on testing the integration of Microsoft AI technologies into M&S’ customer experience, stores and wider operations.

22/06/2018 | Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News | Read More
Sales double of M&S’s ‘The Proposal Sandwich’ revealing the UK is a nation of romantic royalists

Sales double of M&S’s ‘The Proposal Sandwich’ revealing the UK is a nation of romantic royalists

Yesterday 137 M&S stores up and down the country sold out completely of the our rebranded Roast Chicken Sandwich, with sales of the new-Royally inspired sarnie up almost 50% on the same day last year and up 20% on the

18/05/2018 | Product Time, Retail News, Retailer News, Royal wedding, sandwiches | Read More
Marks & Spencer celebrates The Royal Wedding by becoming Markle & Sparkle

Marks & Spencer celebrates The Royal Wedding by becoming Markle & Sparkle

Marks & Spencer (M&S) is excited to announce a royal re-brand in honour of the wedding of HRH Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle. In celebration of Britain’s most anticipated wedding of the year, M&S will become Markle & Sparkle

18/05/2018 | Retail News, Retailer News, Royal wedding | Read More

Tower 42 estate launches new £50 million retail and office development

The Tower 42 Estate has invested £50 million in 77,000 sq ft of new retail and offices designed by architects Stiff + Trevillion - bringing major trading names, contemporary lifestyle brands and artwork to the City.

08/05/2018 | Real estate, Retail News | Read More

Marks & Spencer selects Zetes to transform food supply chain operations 

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has selected Zetes to help transform visibility and fulfilment across its fresh food supply chain. The partnership will also see greater collaboration between M&S and its food suppliers via Zetes’ supply chain visibility platform, ZetesOlympus.

15/03/2018 | Research, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Tesco and M&S weather the perils of Christmas but concerns for retail relapse persist, says City Index

Tesco and M&S weather the perils of Christmas but concerns for retail relapse persist, says City Index

Thursday’s batch of updates does not alleviate renewed investor concerns that the retail sector could relapse into the malaise of a few years back, according to Ken Odeluga, market analyst, City Index. "The news tends to back the suspicion that major

11/01/2018 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Clipper expands returns solution for Marks & Spencer

Clipper Logistics plc has announced it has agreed a contract with Marks & Spencer which will see the retail focussed solutions provider take a key role in the M&S returns management operation. Under this new contract Clipper will consolidate stock returned from stores, as

05/01/2018 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Which retailers will be the big winners this Black Friday?

Which retailers will be the big winners this Black Friday?

This huge savings event kicks off in earnest on 24 November, and is promising to break all sorts of records in terms of the amount spent by British consumers. Despite an ailing economy and the distinct lack of real wage growth

22/11/2017 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
M&S ready to take on Aldi and Lidl in ‘meals for now’ category, says Kantar Retail

M&S ready to take on Aldi and Lidl in ‘meals for now’ category, says Kantar Retail

Marks & Spencer Group’s interim results are a story of 'two out of three', according to Ray Gaul, vice president at Kantar Retail. Across the group’s three reporting divisions, two divisions are growing top line revenue. These are Food, growing at

08/11/2017 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Marks & Spencer named the most authentic British brand, Cohn & Wolfe reports

Marks & Spencer is Britain’s most authentic brand, according to a comprehensive new research into authenticity that revealed just one in four people feel like brands can be trusted. The study also pointed to the opportunity for brands to overcome

26/10/2017 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Darnley’s to spice up sales with Marks & Spencer deal

Darnley’s to spice up sales with Marks & Spencer deal

Darnley’s Gin is celebrating this week with the announcement that one of its three award-winning expressions, Darnley’s Spiced Gin, is to be listed in M&S stores across Scotland. From the beginning of October, gin fans will be able to buy this

17/10/2017 | Alcoholic drinks, Product Time, Retail News, Retailer News, Spirits | Read More

Marks & Spencer is the top brand for women and Ikea and Ben and Jerry’s are top among under 35s, YouGov shows

Marks & Spencer is the brand that British women have the best impression of, new YouGov analysis reveals.

03/03/2017 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Why it works: cloud will be critical for Christmas 2017, says Retail Store

Why it works: cloud will be critical for Christmas 2017, says Retail Store

Ian Tomlinson, founder at cloud technology firm, RetailStore, argues cloud will be critical for retailers to stay ahead and keep customers satisfied in 2017

30/01/2017 | Opinion Time, Why it works | Read More
Coop Switzerland, Marks & Spencer, Migros and Waitrose show leadership on farm animal welfare, reports shows

Coop Switzerland, Marks & Spencer, Migros and Waitrose show leadership on farm animal welfare, reports shows

Retailers continue to be the strongest performing sector in the UK when it comes to managing and reporting their farm animal welfare policies and practices, according to the global Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) report published today (23

23/01/2017 | Animal welfare, Retail News, Retailer News, Sustainability Time | Read More
High street stores enjoy renaissance as retailers reinvent bricks-and-mortar stores, report shows

High street stores enjoy renaissance as retailers reinvent bricks-and-mortar stores, report shows

The retail store is enjoying a renaissance, as finding new and innovative uses for the retail space is very much front of mind for retailers today. Retailers are reinventing their bricks-and-mortar stores to stay relevant in today’s digital era.

20/01/2017 | Retail News | Read More
Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Primark and Debenhams post better-than-expected Christmas trading results

Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Primark and Debenhams post better-than-expected Christmas trading results

Key retailers, led by Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Primark, and Debenhams, revealed better-than-expected trading results for the period ended 31 December to 7 of January 2017. This caps of a week of fantastic results announcements for British retailers and demonstrates

12/01/2017 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Marks & Spencer relaunches Formula skincare range with new pack design

Marks & Spencer relaunches Formula skincare range with new pack design

Marks & Spencer’s signature skincare range Formula has relaunched. With formulations and product lines both undergoing an overhaul, the retailer once again turned to DewGibbons + Partners to review the positioning then rationalise and redesign Formula’s identity and packaging, following

06/12/2016 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
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