Marks & Spencer boss Steve Rowe has urged the government to use a proposed increase in corporation tax to overhaul business rates and rescue the battered UK high street.
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![]( "Many more retail jobs at stake unless government acts on business rates - M&S boss")
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![]( "What recovery? Clothes retailers cut orders while factories fight to survive")
What recovery? Clothes retailers cut orders while factories fight to surviveClothes retailers in Europe and America sit on excess inventory and cut back on spring orders. Sourcing agents face late payments. Garment factories in Bangladesh are on the rack.
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![]( "M&S fashion ops have tough Christmas but online booms")
M&S fashion ops have tough Christmas but online boomsLockdowns during Q3 dented M&S's fashion and interiors sales and its progress in reshaping its offered "was concealed by the continuing restrictions and demand distortions".
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![]( "M&S feels the chill as Covid drives it to historic first-time loss")
M&S feels the chill as Covid drives it to historic first-time lossM&S made its first-ever loss -- as expected -- in the first half as clothing sales fell. But it highlighted its online leap and how it has speeded up its transformation drive to become a more digital retailer.
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![]( "M&S 'to cut 100s of jobs' soon, more roles to go later this year - report")
M&S 'to cut 100s of jobs' soon, more roles to go later this year - reportM&S could become the latest retailer to announce job cuts if a weekend news report is accurate. The retail giant could unveil plans for redundancies in the next few days, with more to come in the months ahead.
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![]( "M&S gets serious about e-tail with new initiatives to boost fashion e-sales")
M&S gets serious about e-tail with new initiatives to boost fashion e-salesM&S has named a new e-tail head as it works on a £1bn recovery plan that involves ramping up its e-tail operations, selling clothing via Ocado and adding third-party brands to its webstore and physical shops.
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![]( "M&S to hibernate £200m \"stock bulge\", lockdown sales drop but reshaping plan on track")
M&S to hibernate £200m "stock bulge", lockdown sales drop but reshaping plan on trackM&S has plans to hibernate some of its SS20 stock as it reveals a big sales hit due to the pandemic. But the firm is upbeat and says Clothing & Home is progressing, even though fashion retail will change post-crisis.
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![]( "M&S new fashion chief to start earlier than expected in July")
M&S new fashion chief to start earlier than expected in JulyM&S has surprised the fashion retail sector by saying that its new managing director of the under-pressure Clothing & Home unit will start earlier than expected. Richard Price will join the retail giant on July 6.
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![]( "M&S donates thousands of T-shirts and pyjamas to NHS")
M&S donates thousands of T-shirts and pyjamas to NHSMarks & Spencer is donating thousands of T-shirts bearing the message “We are the NHS” to dress staff and volunteers at temporary hospital NHS Nightingale London. And over 4,000 pyjama sets will be donated as scrubs.
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![]( "M&S hires new finance chief following Singer’s departure")
M&S hires new finance chief following Singer’s departureMarks & Spencer has appointed Eoin Tonge as its new chief financial officer to help it navigate through the tricky trading conditions in the UK retail market.