marks and spencer in comment and analysis
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]
Leader: RFID - not if, but when
Leader It was announced this week that adopting RFID could slash airlines' $1bn lost luggage bill and Marks and Spencer is planning to extend its RFID trials. Marks and Spencer's behaviour would gladden the hearts of the EU working party. [25 Feb 2005]
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]
Ebusiness Despatches: Know your partners, know your customers, know your staff - retail lessons
Comment But this month I'd rather talk about what ebusiness in general is doing for some well-known high street names in the UK - the likes of Marks and Spencer, Safeway, Sainsbury's and Tesco. Ebusiness has accelerated change in the retail world and... [11 Dec 2001]
The Ovum View: Cable & Wireless
Comment However, over the past few weeks it has announced some promising contract wins with companies such as UK retailers Tesco and Marks & Spencer. Marks & Spencer Ovum research director Katy Ring provides the essential low down on the new higher-ups... [27 Feb 2003]
Neil Cameron
CIO Profile Following a series of management roles at Dixons, Aer Lingus and IBM, Cameron joined Marks & Spencer in 1987 and rose up the ladder to become CIO for the retailer's North American business where he led a major change programme, replacing all their... [06 Jun 2007]
Ebusiness Despatches: Decruitment dilemmas
Comment While working for Marks and Spencer, loyalty was a very important trait, and very low staff turnover (0.75 per cent) was an important measurement of both success and stability. I was recently thumbing through Reuters' annual report (as you do... [20 Mar 2001]
ISPs take heed: the customer is always right
Comment It wasn't that long ago that Marks and Spencer in the UK had a similar reputation, and an accompanying AAA rating. The emergence of products and services that measure the performance of networks and websites is one of the characteristics of a... [15 Nov 2000]
Neil Cameron
CIO Profile Following a series of management roles at Dixons, AerLingus and IBM, Cameron joined Marks & Spencer in 1987 and rose up the ladder to become CIO for the retailer's US business where he led a major change programme, replacing all their core systems. [11 Jun 2008]
Leader: Why celebrate the CIO?
Leader For example, a notable number of those on the CIO50 list have benefited from the excellent training and mentorship at Marks & Spencer and Mars during the 1980s and 90s. Is there a need to single out the UK's top 50 CIOs? [07 Jun 2007]
Leader: Why celebrate the CIO?
CIO Analysis For example, a notable number of those on the CIO50 list have benefited from the excellent training and mentorship at Marks & Spencer and Mars during the 1980s and 90s. Is there a need to single out the UK's top 50 CIOs? [07 Jun 2007]
RFID: It's no supply chain saviour - not yet anyway
Comment Tesco has been trying the technology, as has Marks and Spencer, which has been playing with item-level tagging after an initial trial starting last October. For retailers, stock control is a challenging task made even harder by the need to extract... [08 Sep 2004]
Leader: Missing Xmas parcels highlight online fulfilment dangers
Leader It appears that the economic doom and gloom of the past few months was forgotten, for a while at least, with retailers such as Marks & Spencer launching their latest sales on midnight Christmas Day, ensuring consumers would not stop shopping even... [02 Jan 2008]
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. The cab driver leans hard on the horn as we race past a motorbike upon which mum, dad and two small... [04 Mar 2007]
The Executive Question: The CIO's CFO
Comment My third witness was Gareth Williams, formerly CIO at Marks & Spencer and then CEO of one of the largest privately owned businesses in the Middle East. How to justify an IS function's worth to the wider business? [07 Apr 2004]
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