Marks and Spencer Group Plc

British online supermarket Ocado Group's <OCDO.L> joint venture with Marks & Spencer <MKS.L> had a 52% sales surge in its third quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic generated huge demand for online deliveries.

Britain's Marks & Spencer <MKS.L> made the first deliveries through its new online food shopping joint venture with Ocado <OCDO.L> on Tuesday, though the launch was marred for a "very small number" of customers whose orders were cancelled.

Britain's Marks & Spencer (M&S) will make the first deliveries through its new online food shopping joint venture on Tuesday, a cornerstone of its latest attempt to turn the company around and offset problems at its pandemic-hit clothing business.

Marks & Spencer <MKS.L> will cut a further 7,000 jobs, it said on Tuesday, as the COVID-19 crisis deals another blow to Britain's beleaguered retail sector.

London's FTSE 100 fell on Tuesday as lower oil prices and a clutch of lacklustre earnings reports sparked a round of profit-taking, while Marks & Spencer rose after announcing new job cuts.

British retailer Marks & Spencer said on Tuesday it plans to cut 7,000 jobs over the next three months as it streamlines the business for a post COVID-19 sales mix.

British retailer Marks & Spencer <MKS.L> plans to cut 950 jobs as part of a store management revamp, dealing a further blow to a sector ravaged by the COVID-19 crisis.

British clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer plans to cut 950 jobs as part of a restructuring of its store operations, it said on Monday.

The FTSE 100 dipped on Monday, with energy stocks tracking a decline in oil prices on concerns about the global spike in COVID-19 cases, while Marks and Spencer slid after a report it was planning to cut hundreds of jobs.

British retailer Marks and Spencer Group Plc plans to announce hundreds of job cuts in the coming week, Sky News reported on Sunday, citing sources.

British retailer Marks and Spencer Group Plc plans to announce hundreds of job cuts in the coming week, Sky News reported on Sunday, citing sources.

British retailer Marks & Spencer <MKS.L> said the coronavirus crisis would indelibly change its business and that it would accelerate its turnaround, as the high street stalwart seeks to reinvent itself anew after a decade of failed revivals.

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Sports wear, sleep wear and bras are the new best sellers at Marks & Spencer, while suits and ties gather dust, as the coronavirus lockdown transforms shoppers' priorities, Britain's biggest clothing retailer said on Wednesday.

Marks & Spencer <MKS.L>, one of the biggest names on the British high street, is defending its business from the coronavirus pandemic by negotiating property savings, cutting investment and cancelling stock and marketing.

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British retailer Marks & Spencer said on Wednesday it would accelerate its latest turnaround programme as it dealt with the fallout from the coronavirus crisis and reported a 21% fall in annual profit.

British retailer Marks & Spencer <MKS.L> launched a clothing sale on Thursday to help clear stock built up in the coronavirus lockdown, tapping into widespread public support for health workers by giving some proceeds to NHS charities.

British retailer Marks & Spencer launched a clothing sale on Thursday to help clear stock built up in the coronavirus lockdown, tapping into widespread public support for health workers by giving some proceeds to NHS charities.