RE: Store Closures9 Jul 2020 16:12
In the annual report it said M&S have a new Director of Property who will be seeking to renegotiate leases and look at re purposing some larger stores into a mix of office/residential where they have too much capacity.
Landlords must realise that M&S generates premium footfall that is a fact. - the last thing they would want is for the shutters to roll down. Plus M&S own the Freehold to about 40% of their stores - an advantage not shared by the likes of John Lewis, House of Fraser, Debenhams