Profile of Marks and Spencer - Focus on Clothing

Released on = April 19, 2007, 2:04 am

Press Release Author = Namrata

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = Marks & Spencer is the UK's leading clothing retailer. It
has 375 UK stores selling clothing, food and household furnishings

Press Release Body =
Profile of Marks & Spencer: Focus on Clothing

Marks & Spencer is the UK's leading clothing retailer. It has 375 UK stores selling
clothing, food and household furnishings. It also has 43 company-owned stores
abroad, mainly in the USA and Hong Kong, and 155 franchise stores in various
countries. It accounts for almost 10.8% of UK clothing and footwear sales. Its food
sales are almost as important as clothing but its share of the UK food market is
smaller.

Since the late 1990s its sales and profits have fallen, albeit with some recovery,
and it has lost market share. At one time Marks & Spencer was renowned for its
steady progress, and for being the UK's most profitable retailer. But it lost that
standing. It gained a reputation for high prices-partly as a result of its policy of
sourcing mainly within the UK. The stores became unattractive, the supply chain was
inefficient, and the company was complacent. Discount clothing retailers gained
ground, supermarkets became a major force in clothing retailing, and smaller chains
offered more stylish clothing. Marks & Spencer also withdrew from most of its non-UK
company-owned operations.

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