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Garment makers in Bangladesh, who produce clothing for UK retailer Marks and Spencer and international firms such as Wal-Mart and Zara, are protesting over what they claim are unacceptably low wages. The protestors have been disputing the minimum wage which they claim is inadequate for the amount of work done, and the on-going strikes have [...]
(Read More)2nd Jun 10
Ad campaigns in tatters as Walcott cut from World Cup team
by Harry Oldfield
Multi-million-pound advertising campaigns from some of the biggest names in retailing lie in ruins today, after Arsenal player Theo Walcott was dramatically dropped from England’s World Cup squad. Companies like Nike and Marks & Spencer have already spent millions of pounds on World Cup ad campaigns in which Walcott does more than simply appear.
The advertisements [...]
5th May 10
Marks & Spencer goes green with plastic wine bottles
by Paul Russell
Marks & Spencer has announced that it will convert all of its small bottles of wine to plastic containers in an attempt to help the environment. The company will include all of its 25cl still wine bottles in the first stage of the initiative, and has plans to add other sizes to the scheme in the [...]
(Read More)13th Apr 10
M&S cookie leaves bad taste in mouth of 86 year-old customer
by Katie Naylor
Thelma Williams, an 86 year-old customer at the M&S Blackburn store, was accosted by staff for eating a cookie outside of the designated dining area. Threatened with a large fine for eating food that was purchased outside of the cafe where she was dining with her daughter and two grand-children, Williams felt intimidated by the [...]
(Read More)9th Apr 10
Rose leaves M&S after strong sales and strong words
by Natasha Redman
Marks & Spencer exceeded projected sales forecasts for the fourth quarter, a positive finish for outgoing executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose. While commenting on the strong fourth quarter sales, Rose also mentioned the need for change regarding the British government’s wasteful monetary policies.
M&S saw tough times in 2009, and the 5.1 per cent sales increase [...]
22nd Mar 10
M&S scraps food porn advertisements
by Paul Russell
High street retailer Marks & Spencer has announced that it will drop its long running ‘food porn’ advertisements for its spring campaign, which will not feature Myleene Klass. The new post-recession marketing changes will feature a new list of celebrities including Caroline Quentin, Jamie Rednap and Dannii Minogue.
The new campaign, by RKCR, will also feature [...]
9th Feb 10
Big freeze leads to record low trading for 15 years
by Harry Oldfield
Figures released recently have shown that British shops have suffered their worst January trading month in 15 years, in what has been described as an ominous signal for the year ahead, according to fiures from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG.
The poor performance came as a result from the heavy snowfalls and the increase in [...]
10th Dec 09
Tesco confident after sales increase
by Sally Davies
The largest supermarket in the UK has reported signs of increasing consumer confidence after it posted an increase in like-for-like sales of 2.8 per cent.
Tesco has said that rise in sales in the last three months ending in November revealed an encouraging trend towards shoppers returning to normal spending habits.
Even though the supermarket giant’s like-for-like [...]
7th Dec 09
Britons spend £4000 a second for online Christmas presents
by Sally Davies
Internet traffic will be jammed today as millions of shoppers log on to the web to do their Christmas shopping, making it the biggest spending day ever to take place on the internet.
Online Christmas shoppers are forecasted to spend about £4,000 a minute throughout the day on this year’s must-have items including iPhones, Susan Boyle’s [...]
26th Nov 09
Top family friendly companies named
by Sally Davies
The UK’s most and least family friendly brands have been named and shamed in a study which ranks the country’s best-known and biggest brands.
The company which has seen to be doing the least to promote family values was Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair, according to the FamilyBrands poll.
About 100 famous brands were ranked by 1,500 participants [...]
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