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Fashion retailer Marks & Spencer has caused some upset by selling a strapless bra which carries the advice that it should not be worn for more than eight hours at a time. The strapless, stick-on bra retails for £20 but carries a warning that wearing it for any length of time could cause skin irritation. [...]

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A recent study indicates many of the salads, bought as a healthier lunch option from British food outlets, have more salt in them than a bag of crisps. Of the 268 salads taken from the country’s cafes, shops and fast food chains, only two per cent were found to have less salt in them than [...]

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Although they promised to cut down the time shoppers spent waiting to pay for their groceries, new research shows that self service check-outs may actually be adding to the time customers spent at the country’s supermarket tills. Trade publication, The Grocer, conducted research into average waiting times and found that, compared to 2008, when the [...]

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Clashes between garment makers and police have continued in Bangladesh as workers refuse to accept a recent minimum wage offer from the government. Unions representing those in the clothing industry have said that the offer of 3,000 taka (£27) per month is not good enough. The figure is almost twice the previous minimum wage but [...]

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Sir Stuart Rose, the outgoing Marks & Spencer chairman, has defended the company’s new chief executive Marc Bolland’s £15 million ‘golden hello’. At his final shareholder meeting, held in a packed Royal Festival Hall, Sir Stuart answered the concerns of John Farmer, a regular attendee of the meetings. Mr Farmer asked whether the decision to [...]

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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advert produced by supermarket giant Asda because it misrepresents a consumer right as a special offer. A few months after rivals Marks & Spencer decided to upset customers by slashing the time limit on their returns policy from 90 days to 35 days, Asda announced that it would [...]

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A recent survey has revealed that consumers may not yet be ready to put their faith in retailers and supermarkets when it comes to purchasing legal advice. As of next year, firms such as Virgin, Tesco and Marks & Spencer are going to be permitted to become part of the legal market, a move which [...]

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Marks & Spencer’s chairman, Sir Stuart Rose, is worried about how proposed spending cuts by the coalition government will impact on sales this year. The concern about the budget and performance over the next year comes in spite of the fact that M&S published full-year profits of £632.5 million, a year on increase of five per [...]

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Former chairman of Cadbury, Roger Carr, is believed to be the favourite to take over from Sir Stuart Rose when he steps down as chairman of Marks & Spencer next year. The choice is a controversial one, as Carr was the man behind the unpopular decision to sell the chocolate giant to American owned Kraft [...]

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A new report shows that 20 per cent of companies in the UK find it necessary to provide basic lessons in reading, writing and arithmetic to employees coming to them from school, because they don’t seem to have grasped the basics. Half of the 700 employers polled in the survey said that they had concerns [...]

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