Marks & Spencer trading update: what the analysts say
By Katie Smith | 17 April 2012
After Marks & Spencer today (17 April) posted a surprise decline in fourth-quarter sales, the industry's reaction to the results was mostly positive - despite the retailer admitting to running out of stock in some of its best selling women's wear lines. Here is a flavour of what leading retail analysts had to say about M&S's performance.
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