M&S faces continuing challenges in clothing

Marks & Spencer, the UK's largest clothing retailer, is shaking up its senior management team after booking a 5.1% drop in first quarter general merchandise sales. But the new executives will continue to face challenges as they attempt to turn around its clothing division.

M&S faces continuing challenges in clothing

10 July 2012

Marks & Spencer, the UK's largest clothing retailer, is shaking up its senior management team after booking a 5.1% drop in first quarter general merchandise sales. Here Petah Marian looks at the challenges the new executives will face as they attempt to turn around its clothing division.

Viewpoint: M&S adrift despite a decade of turnaround talk

12 July 2012

Like a vast, slow-moving and rather unwieldy tanker, battered and lashed by stormy seas, the UK's largest clothing retailer Marks & Spencer has done much over the past decade to try to steady its business.

Marks & Spencer in five-year clothing struggle

11 July 2012

Marks and Spencer's clothing business has come under increased scruitiny in recent months. However, looking through just-style's archives it becomes clear that its performance has been patchy for quite some time. Petah Marian looks at M&S's major milestones over the past five years.

Marks & Spencer trading update: what the analysts say

10 July 2012

Marks & Spencer today reported a 0.7% decline in first quarter sales for the three months ended 30 June. UK general merchandise recorded the steepest decline, with sales down 5.1% over the quarter. The company also said general merchandising executive director Kate Bostock is set to leave. Here is a flavour of what leading retail analysts are saying about the news.