LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) - Britain's Marks & Spencer said on Tuesday its head of lingerie and beauty, JanieSchaffer, had left the firm after just three months in the job,dealing another blow to its struggling clothing business. A spokeswoman for M&S said Schaffer had left the firm butdeclined to comment further. Before joining M&S Schaffer was chief creative officer atVictoria's Secret. M&S announced her appointment, amid much fanfare, lastNovember. Last Thursday M&S, which has recently been the subject oftakeover speculation, posted a seventh straight quarterly fallin underlying sales of clothing, footwear and homewares,ratcheting-up the pressure on Chief Executive Marc Bolland. He has said that a new general merchandise management teamled by John Dixon, the former boss of M&S's food business, andBelinda Earl, the former chief of Debenhams and Jaeger,will not make a major impact on sales until autumn/wintercollections hit the shops in July. News of Schaffer's departure overshadowed M&S's announcementthat it is to return to the Netherlands as it looks to grow itsoffering in overseas markets. M&S, which exited all of its stores in continental Europe in2001, said it would launch a Dutch website and a 500 squaremetre e-Boutique in Amsterdam on Wednesday, with two full-linestores to open in the next two years in The Hague and Amsterdam. The group, which makes around 11 percent of its revenueoverseas, will also open six M&S food pilots at BP forecourts in the Netherlands from September. The move follows M&S's 2011 return to France, where it willopen three new stores in Paris this financial year. The firmalso plans to open a flagship store in Belgium in 2015. M&S said on Tuesday it was also launching a dedicatedwebsite for customers in Luxemburg.
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