Marks & Spencer has started laser printing avocado labels to reduce waste | City A.M. June 19, 2017 In a push towards sustainability, Marks & Spencer (M&S) has started laser labelling avocados. Moving from sticker labels to lasering will save the retailer 10 tonnes of labels and backing paper and five tonnes of adhesive every year on avocados alone. Lasering also uses less energy. So, how does it work? M&S said the innovative [...]
FTSE 250 is on track for its worst day of 2017 after disappointing retail results June 15, 2017 Admittedly, it has been a good year for the FTSE 250, which has set several records as weak sterling encouraged investors. But today is not one of those days: the index was on the way to its worst showing of 2017 in morning trading, falling 1.36 per cent to 19,702 points as investors showed their [...]
Q&A: Why are brands like Marks and Spencer pulling their advertising from Google? March 20, 2017 A newspaper investigation uncovered examples of several high profile brands being advertised against extremist content such as videos of a preacher banned from Britain and from white extremist David Duke insulting Jewish people. The BBC, Channel 4, The Guardian as well as the Financial Conduct Authority, Transport for London and the Royal Navy, advertising for [...]
Google’s top European boss Matt Brittin has apologised to its advertising clients over extremist content March 20, 2017 The European boss of under fire tech company Google has apologised to clients over its failure to stop adverts appearing next to extremist content. "I think we can do better," said Matt Brittin on the morning that Marks and Spencer pulled its ads from YouTube. It follows a weekend when several other advertisers put a [...]
Marks and Spencer pulls advertising from Google over extremist content March 20, 2017 Marks and Spencer has become the latest firm to pull its advertising from Google after reports that it has been allowing adverts for UK companies to appear on extremist websites. A recent investigation by the Times showed that UK advertisements, from the likes of Sainsbury's, RBS and the UK government, have been posted on YouTube [...]
Now banks have pulled their Google ad spend as Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Lloyds pile on pressure March 20, 2017 Google is facing growing pressure over claims it's profiting from hate speech as some of Britain's biggest banks are the latest to pull their ads from YouTube. Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Lloyds have suspended their advertising with the tech giant following an investigation which revealed household brand names were appearing next to offensive and extremist [...]
RBS and HSBC remove advertising from Google over extremist content with M&S planning to follow suit March 20, 2017 RBS and HSBC have removed advertising from Google over extremist content, and Marks & Spencer is planning to follow suit, it has been revealed. [custom id="108"]
FTSE 100 falls off record highs to end the week March 17, 2017 The UK's bluechip index fell off a record high in late afternoon trading, but nevertheless ended the week almost 100 points up. The FTSE 100 finished at 7,423.6 points, 0.1 per cent higher. Both risers and fallers were a mixed bag, with insurer Admiral Group leading the way, rising 1.8 per cent to 1,941p, followed by healthcare [...]
Marks and Spencer has shut down its Beijing branch as it heads out of China March 14, 2017 Marks and Spencer has pulled out of China, closing its prestigious Beijing branch earlier this month, the company confirmed. The retailer said it also closed two stores in February in the country and three more in January. Three remaining stores in Shanghai are scheduled to close by 1 April. Adam Colton, Marks & Spencer managing [...]
Lord Stuart Rose says Sir Philip Green should not be stripped of knighthood March 9, 2017 Lord Stuart Rose, former boss of Marks & Spencer, has defended his frenemy Sir Philip Green, saying the ex-BHS boss should not be stripped of his knighthood. Rose and Green famously shouted at each other on the street in 2004 when Green's attempt to snap-up Marks & Spencer failed. But, at a retail conference today, Rose [...]