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High profile cyber attacks often down to basic errors

A recent space of high-profile attacks shows how companies of any size can make basic cybersecurity errors, according to an IT expert.

Business • 1 hr

Marks & Spencer has reported a better-than-expected 8.9% rise in like-for-like food sales over Christmas

M&S reports 8.9% jump in food sales over Christmas

Marks & Spencer has today reported a better-than-expected 8.9% rise in like-for-like food sales and a 1.9% rise in clothing, home and beauty in the Christmas trading period, making it one of the best performers on the UK high street.

Business • 09 Jan

In a statement, M&S said the closure was a result of declining footfall and sales

Marks & Spencer in Drogheda to close with loss of 57 jobs

Retailer Marks & Spencer is to close its store in Drogheda, Co Louth with the loss of 57 jobs.

Business • 14 Feb 24

A UK-based human rights advocacy group has tracked 156 cases of alleged worker abuses in Myanmar garment factories from February 2022 to February this year

H&M probes Myanmar factory abuses as pressure grows

H&M told Reuters it is following up on 20 alleged instances of labour abuse at Myanmar garment factories that supply the world's second-largest fashion retailer.

Business • 16 Aug 23

Tonge is leaving more than two years after joining the British retailer

Britain's M&S finance chief to resign

Marks and Spencer has said its finance and strategy chief Eoin Tonge will be leaving the company to take up a new role at Primark-owner Associated British Foods.

Business • 21 Jul 22

Mr Rowe joined M&S at the age of 15 before rising through the ranks

M&S CEO Steve Rowe to step down in May

Steve Rowe will step down as chief executive of Marks & Spencer in May after six years in the job.

Business • 10 Mar 22

Ocado said that average customer orders per week were up 8.5% to 375,100 from last year

Ocado Retail's sales hit by labour shortages in UK

British online supermarket Ocado Retail has today reported a 3.9% fall in revenue in its latest quarter year-on-year, with its performance held back by labour shortages.

Business • 14 Dec 21

FRP, administrators to Jaeger, said 211 store staff and 22 head office staff have been made redundant

Jaeger's stores to permanently close after M&S deal

British fashion retailer Jaeger's 63 stores and concessions will permanently close after Marks & Spencer today purchased its stock and marketing assets, having secured a deal to buy the brand earlier this week.

Business • 15 Jan 21

Ocado upgrades its full-year core earnings outlook for Ocado Retail Ltd, its joint venture with Marks & Spencer

Ocado to buy two robotics companies for $287m

Ocado, the UK online supermarket and technology group, said today it would buy two robotics companies for a total of $287m.

Business • 02 Nov 20

Marks and Spencer was one of the founder members of the 1984 FTSE 100 cohort

M&S booted from FTSE 100 after 35 years

Marks & Spencer chairman Archie Norman has said he is unperturbed by the British retailer's share price slide, with his focus on the long term.

Business • 05 Sep 19

Retail giant faces huge pressure from other supermarkets and online stores

M&S says it must accelerate change or fade away

Marks & Spencer said it urgently had to modernise or risk fading away as it reported a second straight decline in annual profit and booked a £321 million charge for a store closure programme.

Business • 23 May 18

New M&S CEO says the company's short-term profit will be affected by turnaround plan

M&S chief warns over profits in turnaround plan

British retailer Marks & Spencer said today it expects a short-term hit to profit as it pushes through a plan to turn around its underperforming clothing and homeware business.

Business • 25 May 16

M&S reports another fall in quarterly clothing sales

M&S sales fall shows task ahead for new boss

Steve Rowe, the new boss of Marks & Spencer, said he had his work cut out to end five years of almost constant clothing sales falls after reporting another quarterly decline today.

Business • 07 Apr 16

Mark Bolland to step down as M&S CEO in April

M&S CEO Marc Bolland to retire in April

Marc Bolland will step down as the boss of Marks & Spencer in April, bringing an end to six difficult years at the British retailer following yet another weak Christmas.

Business • 07 Jan 16

M&S chief executive Marc Bolland posts better than expected H1 profits

Marks & Spencer posts 6.1% rise in pre-tax profits

Marks & Spencer has unveiled a better than expected rise in half-year profits, but saw a further fall in sales at its embattled clothing arm as it cut back on sales promotions.

Business • 04 Nov 15

Analysts had expected general merchandise sales to fall at Marks & Spencer

M&S registers surprise growth in clothing sales

Marks & Spencer has registered a surprise improvement in sales at its clothing division - the first rise in more than three years of trading.

Business • 02 Apr 15

M&S.com sales fell 6.3% in the first half to September 27

M&S shoppers face longer wait for online orders

Marks & Spencer admitted today it had been forced to extend delivery times for online orders as a new distribution centre has struggled to cope with heavy Christmas demand.

Business • 08 Dec 14

M&S reports 12th consecutive quarterly drop in overall general merchandise sales

M&S blames new website for quarterly sales fall

Marks & Spencer today reported a small rise in sales of its flagship womenswear, saying it was a sign years of investment were starting to pay off.

Business • 08 Jul 14

Marks & Spencer's profits have fallen below rival Next for the first time

Profits fall again at Marks & Spencer

British retailer Marks & Spencer has posted a 3.9% fall in annual profit, a third straight decline, with three years of heavy investment yet to revive its underperforming non-food business.

Business • 20 May 14

Marks & Spencer's clothing sales rose 0.6% on an underlying basis in the 13 weeks to March 29

M&S report better than expected Q1 sales

Marks & Spencer delivered better than expected sales figures today amid signs of a revival for its struggling womenswear business.

Business • 10 Apr 14

Next said its sales, excluding VAT, rose 5.4% to £3.74 billion in the year to the end of January

Next reports 12% jump in annual profits

Next met guidance with a 11.8% rise in year profit driven by growth at its Directory internet and catalogue business.

Business • 20 Mar 14

Marks & Spencer stores closed on Saturday 7 December due to strike action

Strike at Marks & Spencer deferred

A planned one-day strike at Marks & Spencer tomorrow is being deferred following intervention from the Labour Court.

News • 11 Dec 13

Marks & Spencer management closed the workers' defined benefit pension scheme on 31 October

Marks & Spencer workers vote for strike action

Workers in Marks & Spencer have voted in favour of industrial action following the closure of the workers' pension scheme without agreement.

News • 29 Nov 13

M&S says like-for-like general merchandise sales dropped 1.3% between July and September

Marks & Spencer posts 9th quarterly slide in a row

Marks & Spencer has reported its ninth consecutive quarter of sliding clothing and homeware sales and warned that consumers remain reluctant to spend.

Business • 05 Nov 13

Marks & Spencer said the four Irish shops it closed were unprofitable

Workers at closed M&S shops back industrial action

Workers at the four Marks & Spencer shops which closed over the weekend have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action.

Business • 19 Aug 13

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