Marks & Spencer Share News (MKS)

FTSE 100 movers: ITV a strong riser on bid speculation

Shares in ITV were rising strongly on Monday on renewed speculation that Liberty Global could be preparing to launch a full-scale bid for the UK broadcaster. According to The Telegraph over the weekend, Liberty, which already owns a 6.4% stake in ITV through its investment in July, is "forming allia

MARKET COMMENT: Late Rally In London Offsets Losses On Terror Threat

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Tesco Profit Warning Drags Down All UK Grocers

MARKET COMMENT: UK Shares Mixed As Eurozone Inflation Is As Expected

Tritax Big Box REIT Says Has Performed Strongly Since London Listing

BUZZ-Sainsbury and Tesco fall again on weak Kantar data

** Sainsbury and Tesco are among the worst-performing FTSE 100 stocks after data from Kantar Worldpanel shows yet more weak sales for the country's top supermarket retailers. ** The UK's top supermarkets have faced pressure from lower-cost rivals such as Aldi and Lidl. ** Kantar World

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: WPP Leads FTSE 100 On Results And Dividend

British Land Agrees New Lets At Wheatley Retail Park, Doncaster

M&S expects a brighter Christmas in 2014, says food boss

British retailer Marks & Spencer expects to have both its food and general merchandise divisions "firing on all cylinders" and anticipates a better Christmas after poor sales last time, the boss of its food business said. While the FTSE 100 company has seen non-food sales decline for the past 12 qu

UPDATE 2-Britain's Asda says sales growth shows price cuts are working

* Q2 like-for-like sales up 0.5 pct * Says profit up in line with sales growth (Recasts, adds detail, CEO comments) By James Davey LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Asda, the British arm of the world's biggest retailer Wal-Mart, reported an acceleration in quarterly sales growth and

BUZZ-View from the buyside: Tesco, Morrison shares find a shopper

** Tesco & WM Morrison - the 2 worst performing UK large-caps this year - are contrarian value plays here says Investec AM's John Stopford. ** Hit by discount retailers both have lost market share, seen margins contract & seen investors leave the boat. Tesco vs FTSE: http://link.reute

Former M&S chief among new life peers

Former Marks & Spencer (M&S) chief Sir Stuart Rose is among 22 new peers announced by the government on Friday. Sir Stuart will take a seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords alongside West Ham United Football Club vice-chairman and star of Apprentice TV, Karren Brady, and chief exec

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Pharmaceuticals Hit By Scrutiny Of Tax Inversion

UPDATE 1-SABMiller names chairman designate from Rio Tinto

(Adds comment from SAB, critic) LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto Chairman Jan du Plessis will become an independent non-executive director of brewer SABMiller Plc next month, with plans to become chairman next year. Du Plessis, 60, will join the brewer's board on Sept. 1 and will s

SABMiller appoints Rio Tinto chairman as Manser replacement

Jan du Plessis, the chairman of mining group Rio Tinto, has been named as the chair of beverage giant SABMiller, the companies announced on Wednesday. Du Plessis, who is also on the board at retail bellwether Marks & Spencer and had previously worked as a director at British American Tobacco and Ll