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Janie's Gone, But She Wasn't the Key to Solving M&S's Problems

Jan Shure | Posted 18.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Marks & Spencer, M&S, Belinda Earl, Debenhams, John Dixon, Jaeger, The Times, Victoria's Secret, Knickerbox, Daily Telegraph, Janie Schaffer, Marc Bolland, Hilary Alexander, UK Lifestyle News
Jan Shure

If Ms Schaffer, with her decades of retail experience was "not given free rein", what hope for a former fashion director, albeit one who was a brilliant journalist with stellar contacts and endless fashion savvy?

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Last Chance Saloon for M&S Fashion

Jan Shure | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK Style
Read More: Marios Schwab, Preen, Belinda Earl, Debenhams, M&S, John Dixon, Roksanda Illincic, Twiggy, Marc Bolland, UK Style News
Jan Shure

To say dear old M&S has lost the plot, fashion-wise, is not just a supreme understatement but inaccurate.

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M&S = Madness & Stupidity

James Burwood | Posted 30.09.2012 | UK
Read More: UK, Global Supply Chain, M&S, Debenhams, Kate Bostock, Marc Bolland, Marks and Spencer, Manufacturing, Retail, High Street, Belinda Earl, UK News
James Burwood

It is M&S's obsession with cutting costs (rather than making money) that leads them to faraway lands in pursuit of ever cheaper wage rates (even though wages actually make up less than 10% of the cost of the garment).

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