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M&S' Christmas Food Sales Thrive but Fashion Falters

On December 27, Marks & Spencer reported a 5.6% rise in like-for-like food sales, with chief executive Stuart Machin saying a record number of customers shopped M&S this Christmas.
A shutdown of its online operation earlier in the year caused fashion, home and beauty sales to slide 16.4%, and M&S said it expects full recovery from April's cyber hack by March 2026.
Overall group sales including the Ocado Retail partnership rose 24.2% to £4.99bn while fashion, home and beauty sales dipped 2.5% to £1.27bn, prompting a bigger sale this year.
The company said its full-year guidance was unchanged, and shares in M&S reacted positively, leaping nearly 5%.
Analysts highlighted a stark divide in retail as food retailers capitalised on cautious spending while general merchandise struggled, with Next an outlier posting a nearly 6% rise in full-price sales for the nine weeks to December 27.

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Evening Standard

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Retailers dish up strong Christmas food sales but fashion lags behind

Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer were among those to deliver good news about their festive grocery sales.

17 hours ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Herald Scotland

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High-street giant attracts record number of shoppers at Christmas

Food sales surge at high street giant as clothing feels 'lingering' effects of cyber attack

2 days ago·Scotland, United Kingdom

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The Telegraph

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M&S’s Christmas food success offsets falling fashion sales

The retail giant is battling declining high street footfall and fragile consumer confidence

2 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

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M&S' Christmas food sales thrive but fashion falters

Britain's Marks & Spencer saw strong demand for its upmarket food at Christmas, but shoppers spent less on fashion, home and beauty in its stores, compounding the lingering impact from last year's cyber hack.

2 days ago·United Kingdom

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RTÉ

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M&S reports 5.6% rise in Christmas food sales

Marks & Spencer saw strong demand for its upmarket food at Christmas, but shoppers spent less on fashion, home and beauty in its stores, compounding the lingering impact from last year's cyber hack.

2 days ago·Ireland

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Marks & Spencer sees significant bump in food sales for Christmas

Marks & Spencer saw a bump of almost 6% on food sales on a like-for-like basis in the final quarter of 2025. Food sales totalled £2.7 billion accounting for 6.6% of total sales at M&S and represented a 5.6% rise year-on-year. The bump in food sales was welcome for the company given that sales in fashion, home and beauty were down by almost 3% year-on-year, during a year that the brand experienced a significant cyber attack. Chief executive of Ma…

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