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M&S Rochdale Riverside: brand-new store ready for customers to shop with confidence

Our brand-new Rochdale Riverside store quietly opened on 6 April, two weeks into lockdown. We shut up the old shop on Sunday night and on Monday morning picked up where we left off in a new store, better-located and better-equipped to serve our family...

Let's show our pride!

Written by David Barnes and James OverstallOur goal of becoming a truly inclusive place, where everyone is free to be themselves isn't just the right thing to do, it's the only thing to do. We can only be all in this together— and all in...

Making sustainability part of our family of businesses

We’ve been clear that this means delivering long-term value for all our stakeholders through offering trusted value to our customers. Trusted because they can count on a great price, great quality and feel confident that they can trust us to source...

How our colleagues have helped shape our NHS support

M&S has a long history of supporting the NHS – from our longstanding charity partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital to our colleagues volunteering at St. Mary’s Hospital, which neighbours our Waterside Support Centre. It’s...

Josna's story: celebrating women in our supply chain

Did you know that in Bangladesh clothing factories, 80% of the colleagues making our clothes are women, despite 95% of the supervisors being men? It means 90% of the managerial talent in factories comes from just 20% of the workforce. As the UK’s...

How we're marking the 75th anniversay of VE day

The Royal British Legion - 75th anniversary of VE Day organises the national VE Day two minutes’ silence every year and M&S has been working with them since 2009 to raise over £8.5 million for the Armed Forces community. But our support...

Making the perfect match: how we’re using data to revitalise our mentoring scheme

Fostering a culture where colleagues feel empowered to be their very best is at the heart of realising our transformation plans. We believe mentoring plays a crucial role in creating and sustaining a high-performing, inclusive culture. That’s...

Making our denim better for people & the planet

Jeans are a true wardrobe staple for the whole family and at M&S we absolutely love denim – serving 1 in 10 denim shoppers in the UK (read more here). For a clothing technologist, the material is one of the most interesting to work with as there...

Saying no to the status quo: why I chose an M&S apprenticeship over university and haven't looked back!

As I advanced through my teenage years, I always knew university wasn’t for me. I wanted something more practical and hands-on. So when I left Sixth Form last year and watched all my friends move cities to the likes of Nottingham, Leeds and Manchester,...

Building on our chicken welfare standards with new Hubbard range

At M&S, we have a long and proud history of maintaining high chicken welfare standards, topping the annual Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare since 2013 and being recognised for our Oakham standards by the RSPCA and Compassion in World Farming. But...

M&S Top 10 Food Trends for 2020

As we enter into an exciting new decade our Director of Product Development at M&S, April Preston lists her TOP ten foodie trends for what’s hot and what’s going to be BIG in 2020 and beyond…1. Plant-based Eating With...

The Lingerie Trends that have shaped the Decade

We’ve spent the past decade evolving the designs of our lingerie to offer busy women the undergarments and loungewear they need to suit changing lifestyle and consumer habits. While style, quality and innovation have remained at the heart of how...