Anything that makes taking risks - arguably the only way to fight your way out - harder is a serious problem’Sir Stuart Rose
Sir Stuart Rose
Sir Stuart Rose
Born in 1949 in Gosport and educated at a Quaker boarding school, Sir Stuart Rose started his working life as an administrator at the BBC…
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Blue Inc buys 20 D2 stores
Young fashion menswear retailer Blue Inc has bought 20 D2 stores out of administration saving in the region of 200 jobs on the high street.
Marks & Spencer asks suppliers for contribution to store overhaul programme
Marks & Spencer is seeking a contribution from suppliers towards the cost of its £600m store revamp programme.
Economic recovery in jeopardy from planning system, say leading retailers
Britain’s economic recovery is being put in jeopardy by a “creaking” planning system which is frustrating investment and excluding many businesses, a group of leading retailers said.
'M&S girls' ditched from TV ads
Marks & Spencer has ditched its glamorous TV ad campaign featuring female celebrities including Myleene Klass, Twiggy and Dannii Minogue, it is understood.
Marks and Spencer gives bumper pay-outs to Bolland and Rose
Marks and Spencer chief executive Mark Bolland received a £13.8m golden hello over the last year as former boss Sir Stuart Rose was waved off with a £8.1m pay-out.
Sir Stuart Rose calls for review into gap between executive and staff pay
Former Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose has called for a review into the widening gap between executive pay and staff wages.
Speculation swirls around Rose's holding in Marks & Spencer
Former Marks & Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose is at the centre of speculation that he has sold a big tranche of shares in the retailer.
London Fashion Week: Temperley London, Matthew Williamson, Vivienne Westwood Red Label, Richard Nicoll, Topshop
Colour, long-line silhouettes, trousers and some stand out outerwear and eveningwear were the trend highlights of yesterday’s London Fashion Week schedule, which marked the return of Temperley London to the capital and which saw big-name showings from Matthew Williamson, Vivienne Westwood Red Label and Richard Nicoll.
Marks & Spencer to open Champs-Elysees store this summer
Marks & Spencer is to open a store in Paris on the Champs-Elysees as early as this summer, it is understood.
TJX boss calls for more women in retail
Paul Sweetenham, president of TJX Europe, which owns the TK Maxx chain, has called for the retail sector to fight harder to get women in the boardroom.
Rose ends six-year tenure at M&S
Sir Stuart Rose will step down as chairman of Marks & Spencer today as he hands over the reins to former investment banker Robert Swannell.
Sir Stuart Rose predicts growth in 2011
Marks & Spencer executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose has predicted that the economy would continue to grow in 2011 and said the country would be in a “brighter place” this time next year.
Industry celebrates Tillman CBE honour
The great and the good of the fashion industry gathered last week to celebrate Harold Tillman, chairman of the British Fashion Council (BFC), receiving the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Marks & Spencer celebrates achievement of 70 Plan A targets
Marks & Spencer has now achieved 70 of its 180 Plan A sustainability targets and expects to complete another 20 by April 2011.
Bolland’s M&S vision ‘not radical enough’
Portfolio is only sub-brand axed in safe strategy but industry expects more changes next year.
Rose sells shares as Bolland outlines vision
Marks & Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose sold 100,000 of his shares in the retailer yesterday – the day his successor Marc Bolland set out his vision for the business.
The weekend newspaper round up: October 30 to 31, 2010
A round up of the best fashion business stories from the weekend’s newspapers.
Rose: internet will be Marks & Spencer's international launchpad
The web will be an “advance guard” into new markets for Marks & Spencer, chairman Sir Stuart Rose told the World Retail Congress in Berlin this morning.
Spending Review: 490,000 public sector jobs to go
Nearly half a million public sector workers will lose their jobs over the next four years as part of the Coalition Government’s Spending Review.
Retailers add voice to public spending cuts
Industry chiefs including Next chief executive Lord Wolfson, Marks & Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose and Harvey Nichols chief executive Joseph Wan, have backed the coalition Government’s public spending cuts and said that any lesser action would result in £100bn of additional debt, a rise in interest rates and further tax rises.
