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Only opened recently in Spain, the Marks and Spencer stores were expected to be great and fantastic, and it was a bit of a disappointment to the people when the stores opened. They found high quality, boring, very english goods for sale at some absolutely ridiculous prices. Most of the clothes ... Read review

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underwear. However, the British chain suffered a
dramatic reversal of fortune starting in the late
1990s, with tumbling profits, poor sales and a
series of boardroom bust-ups. Judi Bevan's
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Spencer story covers the financial rise and fall
of the retailing icon, but it's the personalities
and relationships that made Marks & Spencer
different. This was the first British retailer to
offer staff hot meals at lunchtime and to organise
holiday trips abroad for its workers. Yet, M&S
also ruled with a rod of iron: staff were expected
to be punctual, efficient, polite and--most
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orders from above. It's this colonial-style rule
that ultimately led Marks & Spencer into disaster
and The Rise and Fall carefullydetails each step
down the path. While the Gap and Next were making
inroads on the British high street, M&S was still
in a world ofchauffeur driven managers and
carpeted executive offices. It was evident to
journalists visiting Baker Street duringthis time
that much of the company still looked longingly
backward. Visitors would be escorted along
seemingly endless corridors, with their closed
doors on either side, by a uniformed female minder
who would transport them into the care of the
white-gloved waiters on the seventh floor. The
atmosphere reeked of imperial Britain.  As the
family interest in the company declined, a
generation of middle managers fought and
back-stabbed their way into the boardroom, not
always in the best interests of the company. With
more than 50 years of history to cover, it's not
surprising that Judi Bevan's tale can occasionally
become confusing, but this is morethan made up for
by the level of detail: from the controversial
cheap home loans offered to directors to the
regimented positioning of oranges on the fruit
aisles, this is as compelling as business gets.
--SallyWhittle
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green figurehead of British retail got the blues.
From humble beginnings, Marks&Spencer became the
UK's leading department store, famous for its
ready meals, woolly jumpers and no-frills
underwear. However, the British chain suffered a
dramatic reversal of fortune starting in the late
1990s, with tumbling profits, poor sales and a
series of boardroom bust-ups. Judi Bevan's
intelligent and thoughtful analysis of the
Marks&Spencer story covers the financial rise and
fall of the retailing icon, but it's the
personalities and relationships that made
Marks&Spencer different. This was the first
British retailer to offer staff hot meals at
lunchtime and to organise holiday trips abroad for
its workers. Yet, M&S also ruled with a rod of
iron: staff were expected to be punctual,
efficient, polite and--most dangerously of all--to
unquestioningly follow orders from above. It's
this colonial-style rule that ultimately led
Marks&Spencer into disaster andThe Rise and
Fallcarefullydetails each step down the path.
While the Gap and Next were making inroads on the
British high street, M&S was still in a world
ofchauffeur driven managers and carpeted executive
offices.It was evident to journalists visiting
Baker Street duringthis time that much of the
company still looked longingly backward. Visitors
would be escorted along seemingly endless
corridors, with their closed doors on either side,
by a uniformed female minder who would transport
them into the care of the white-gloved waiters on
the seventh floor. The atmosphere reeked of
imperial Britain.As the family interest in the
company declined, a generation of middle managers
fought and back-stabbed their way into the
boardroom, not always in the best interests of the
company. With more than 50 years of history to
cover, it's not surprising that Judi Bevan's tale
can occasionally become confusing, but this is
morethan made up for by the level of detail: from
the controversial cheap home loans offered to
directors to the regimented positioning of oranges
on the fruit aisles, this is as compelling as
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Marks and Spencer Madrid... Not for long
Review of Marks & Spencer (Madrid) by danieletheridge

Advantages: Nice presentation, pretty store
Disadvantages: Expensive, bad clothes, needs more food

...opened recently in Spain, the Marks and Spencer stores were expected to be great and fantastic, and it was a bit of a disappointment to the people when the stores opened. They found high quality, boring, very english goods for sale at some absolutely ridiculous prices. Most of the clothes stocked are good enough to make you be sick. The shop, however, just like the one in Bilbao, is very well laid out. However, they are all full of 'giris' - or ...
...a bit like a top London store, with marble floors, a lot of glass and wooden fittings. The Bilbao store is three stories high. It cost some 125,000,000 pesetas to build the shop. As always happens with M&S stores, however, the place is full of naff clothes, which are hated by the natives. The food in M&S Spain is very good, however. Although only a small selection is available, they have chosen some of their best products which you rarely see in ... Read review

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23.04.2001

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