Marks & Spencer news and analysis
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NewsWindsor Framework NI checks set for next week, despite M&S’ Machin’s complaints
The retailer’s CEO said on Friday that the final phase of the post-Brexit checks on goods sent to Northern Ireland was ’bureaucratic madness’
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NewsM&S appoints new food marketing director
The new hire is joining from Woolworths Group in Australia, where he was chief marketing officer for seven years
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Comment & OpinionIs the ‘disruptive’ Punishment Juice too edgy for M&S?
M&S is obviously confident Punishment Juice’s negative-sounding name won’t hamper sales
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NewsM&S koftas bamboozle disappointed shopper
Online commenters soon put the M&S shopper right, calling her a ‘silly goose’
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NewsMedia Bites 26 June: Asda £600m loss, M&S slowdown and a strawberry sandwich
News that Asda reported an almost £600 million loss last year was widely reported in yesterday’s papers
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NewsM&S’s grocery sales growth slowing since cyberattack
Both NIQ and Kantar data show the retailer growing more slowly than it was before hackers struck at Easter
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NewsM&S launching ‘Punishment Juice’ in stores this week
Punishment will be available in more than 400 M&S stores from Wednesday
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NewsMedia Bites 24 June: Asda uniforms, Co-op working hours, childhood obesity
All the retail news and headlines from Tuesday 24 June 2025
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NewsM&S backs English wine and adds new spritz serves in BWS revamp
The overhaul includes a growing focus on English wine, alongside new lower-abv spritzes and more branded craft beers
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NewsMedia Bites 17 June: Trump, Poundland, Oxford Street
UK-US trade deal is ‘done’, Trump said as he met Keir Starmer at the G7 summit
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NewsM&S expands ‘Only… ingredients’ range with two new loaves
The latest additions are a White Sliced Toasting Loaf with ‘only four ingredients’ and a Sunflower Seed & Spelt Sliced Toasting Loaf with ‘only six ingredients’
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NewsButlers Farmhouse Cheeses adds new Parlick sheep’s milk cheese to lineup
The Lancashire-based business is now the UK’s largest sheep’s milk cheese producer
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NewsMedia Bites 11 June: M&S, imported meat, EG Group, Poundland
The resumption of online orders at M&S receives plenty of coverage in the media. For example the FT notes it will take ‘weeks’ to restore some online services as fashion ranges return
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Analysis & FeaturesHow the ultra-processed food narrative has splintered and why
In the absence of a single, agreed-upon definition of what constitutes a UPF, individual definitions, scoring systems and frameworks are emerging
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NewsM&S resumes online orders seven weeks after cyberattack
M&S online clothing orders are back, seven weeks after cyberattackers struck
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NewsM&S grocery sales growth slowed dramatically after cyberattack, data suggests
Previously unpublished NIQ data suggests M&S sales growth slowed to just 0.8% in the four weeks to 17 May
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Category ReportOwn label shines: trends in own label 2025
Private label is grocery’s star performer, winning value share from brands thanks to exclusive and premium lines
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NewsM&S hackers sent abusive extortion email ‘direct to CEO’
The email was sent on 23 April by the hacker group Dragon Force, and included a darknet link to a portal for ransomware victims to negotiate payment, according to the BBC
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NewsCo-op systems now ‘stable’ after punishing cyberattack
Co-op is making ‘significant progress towards a full and complete recovery’
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Comment & OpinionWhat the M&S cyberattack tells us about modern crisis comms
In an era where engagement, not accuracy, determines reach, crisis comms cannot be confined to corporate statements and press releases, says Scott Sadeghian-Tehrani, media strategy director at 26PMX