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M-O
Featured Comment
R.J Said,
November 23, 2008
http://www.marksandspencer.com/
M&S fortunes have been turned around by Stuart Rose, you may remember
they were in deep trouble a 3-4 years ago, with falling sales and a rumoured
takeover by Philip Green. I have to commend Marks and Sparks are updating
their stores to modern standards, with a younger line of clothes and some
really cool adverts. But I must regress about the food market. Until recently
it was one of the main reasons for M&S bumper profits. However, as the
credit crunch has hit, so has the fortunes of M&S food, people simple
don't have money to afford their relatively expensive foods. I've noticed
they have tried to do a meal for twenty quid, or is it ten quid, to entice
new customers. It hasn't me, twenty pounds is still a large sum of money.
But what I've noticed, especially with M&S cakes, is that the price
has stayed the same, but they have made them smaller. M&S have always
been sneaky in this respect, they often resort to lowering the size of their
portions to keep profits bumper. The sad fact is that they never tell the
consumer about the change, not right imo.
Companies
- http://www.magnet.co.uk/ - Chain of stores
offering fitted kitchens.
- http://www.makro.co.uk - Cash and carry which
stocks a huge selection of branded and own brand products.
- http://www.mandco.com/ - Formally under a
new name, they still have over three hundred stores in the UK.
- http://www.mandmdirect.com/ - One of
the first online sports retailers, which good prices and a large range
of products.
- http://www.marksandspencer.com/
- Perhaps the most famous store in the UK, affectionly given a place
in all hearts.
- http://www.marriott.co.uk/ - Prime locations
to do business and conference meetings in major UK cities.
- http://www.matalan.co.uk/ - Amongst a selection
of retailers committed to giving startling value for money.
- http://www.mfi.co.uk/ - Went into Joint Administrators,
the total MFI Group Limited on the evening of 26 November 2008.
- http://www.millerbros.co.uk/ - A discount
retailers of electronics, allowing consumers to save over the traditional
merchants.
- http://www.missselfridge.com/ - Recently
caused controversy over their line of clothes by the model Kate Moss.
- http://www.monsoon.co.uk/ - A retailer with
a selection of clothing and accessories to wear and display.
- http://www.morrisons.co.uk/ - Morrisons
has seen a 18% increase in their share price at the beginning of 2009.
- http://www.mothercare.com/ - The leading
chain store of children's goods, ideal shopping for toddlers and babies.
- http://www.nationalcornbread.com/
- Held in the USA.
- http://www.nationwide.co.uk/ - Offers
mortgages, saving and insurance products to UK households.
- http://www.natwest.com/ - Provides a 24/7
banking service online.
- http://www.netto.co.uk/ - Netto have been
a cost effective retailer, since it's launch in the early 1990's.
- http://www.next.co.uk/ - They only stock their
own brand goods, one of the UK's top retailing success stories for decades.
- http://www.newlook.co.uk/ - They have only
recently opened up a new store in Russia.
- http://www.novotel.co.uk/ - Provides rooms
for business trips or for a family break.
- http://www.npower.com/ - Not only do they
install boilers, but also supply the power to it.
- http://www.oasis-stores.com/ - Their
jeanius system allows you to view their jeans from a 360 degree view.
- http://www.oli.co.uk/ - Oli is a retailer which
caters solely for women, they advert in major weekly publications.
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