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M&S enjoys cracking Christmas as clothing sales rise

Saheli
Last updated: 2017/01/12 at 12:01 PM
By Saheli 2 Min Read
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Jane McTeer as ‘Mrs Claus’ in the M&S Christmas ad

Marks & Spencer has ended the long-running slump in sales at is clothing arm with its best Christmas performance for six years.

The retailer said like-for-like clothing sales were up by 2.3% in the 13 weeks to 31 December. This time last year clothing sales had slumped by nearly 6%.

The M&S chief executive, Steve Rowe, said “better ranges, better availability and better prices” had helped it improve its performance in a difficult marketplace.

To win back shoppers, Rowe has already cut clothing prices and promised to pay more attention to its most loyal group of shoppers – fiftysomething women he has dubbed “Mrs M&S”. He also slashed the number of promotions run by the store.

M&S’s clothing performance was bolstered by the inclusion of an extra five days in the trading period due to last year’s 53-week financial year and the retailer said without this benefit the like-for-like performance would have been 0.8%. Like-for-like sales at its food arm were up by 0.6% but without the extra days that figure was halved to 0.3%.

“Our food business continues to grow market share with customers recognising our product as special and different,” said Rowe.

The retailer ran a big-budget Christmas ad starring Janet McTeer as a glamorous “Mrs Claus” with a James Bond-style alter ego.

Last week’s dismal figures from Next, which wiped £2bn off retailers’ share prices on the day, fuelled fears that Christmas 2016 was a washout for clothing retailers as Britons cut spending on clothing.

But while the upset at Next capped a long period of financial outperformance, M&S’s progress follows five years of dire figures, with clothing sales down nearly by 6% over the last two Christmases.

[Source:-The Guardian]

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