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M&S grows online business
News Food to fashion retailer Marks & Spencer has increased its online sales by 63 per cent in the 52 weeks ended 29 March. M&S claims to have the widest range of clothing and home products of any retailer online in the UK. [20 May 2008]
Stolen M&S laptop contains 26,000 pension details
News Retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) could face prosecution if it does not comply within two months to the overhaul of its data security after losing 26,000 employees' pension details. M is for Microsoft Names, addresses, national insurance numbers and... [25 Jan 2008]
Marks & Spencer hands £19m IT deal to Computacenter
News Marks & Spencer has handed Computacenter Services a £19m managed IT contract for the next five years. M&S head of infrastructure, Damone Quigley, said in a statement: "The partnership with Computacenter Services will enable us to align IT more... [12 Dec 2007]
M&S gets an IT injection
News High street retailer Marks & Spencer has awarded a four-year managed service contract to tech services provider Logicalis. The multi-million pound contract will see Logicalis help to improve the efficiency of the M&S IT network and support the cost... [02 Nov 2007]
Marks sparks IT revamp with multimillion deal
News Stein said: "The new stock and sales application will be rolled out across Marks & Spencer stores in 2008. Marks & Spencer has awarded IBM a multimillion pound contract to upgrade its in-store systems. [14 Aug 2007]
Darrell Stein
CIO Profile A rising young star in his field, the 39-year-old Darrell Stein landed the role of IT director at the famous UK high-street retailer Marks & Spencer in the summer of 2006 - something of a return to his roots as Stein originally started out his IT... [06 Jun 2007]
Businesses tackle laptop theft data security risks
News An exclusive investigation by silicon.com earlier this month revealed a sharp rise in the number of laptops stolen in the UK, while in recent months organisations such as Marks & Spencer, the Metropolitan Police, the Nationwide building society... [15 May 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.05.07
Round-Up This time it was Marks & Spencer, after a laptop was stolen from a printing firm containing details of a reported 26,000 staff members. Although Marks & Spencer would be forgiven for not being delighted for us, the news of this latest high-profile... [11 May 2007]
India diary, day 1: Cyberbad on Sunday
Comment There is still quite a dusty small town feel, apart from some familiar chain stores - the Reebok, Nike and Marks & Spencer - that are cropping up. Hyderabad is my first stop and after a quick snooze to knock off some of the jetlag I'm out and... [04 Mar 2007]
Fujitsu Manchester staff to strike
News Companies that use the services of Fujitsu's Manchester branch include H&M and Marks & Spencer, plus various government departments including the Home Office. Staff at the Manchester offices of technology giant Fujitsu will go on a five-day strike... [22 Jan 2007]
Top 10: The best, worst... and craziest uses of RFID
News Marks and Spencer has long been associated with being at the forefront of flogging ladies' undies. Each of the books in BGN's Almere store is chipped and a second store, in Maastricht, will soon go the same way, allowing the retailer to track each... [30 Nov 2006]
Editor's Blog: Nicholas Carr and Trevor Baylis
Comment Darrell Stein, IT director at Marks & Spencer, said: "Technology doesn't give you competitive advantage in retail. At M&S he said the business just expects IT to work and if it's been a bad day for takings at the weekend then on Monday morning... [22 Nov 2006]
Marks & Spencer extends RFID tagging nationwide
News Marks & Spencer (M&S) is to extend the item-level radio frequency ID (RFID) tagging of clothing items following successful trials in 42 stores. M&S has been one of the early UK pioneers in using RFID tags in the retail sector and first trialled the... [14 Nov 2006]
Finance company finds way though Basel II maze
Case Study Marks & Spencer Money has completed a data quality project that has helped it comply with Basel II regulations well ahead of the January 2007 deadline. As well as complying with the Basel II Capital Accord - which requires the tracking and... [09 Aug 2006]
The McCue Interview: Unilever CIO Neil Cameron
Comment It was a temporary IT job at RHM management services that started it all and Cameron has climbed the ladder steadily ever since at the likes of Diageo, Dixons, Guinness, Marks & Spencer and now Unilever. [01 Sep 2005]
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