FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Marks & Spencer / 30 September 2026
Marks & Spencer (MKS): news on Wednesday 30 September 2026
+7.8 strongly positive
Coverage was dominated by M&S's deal with Sephora to open beauty departments in 100 stores, widely seen as a boost to its beauty offer and appeal to younger shoppers. Reports of strong product sales, a rise in the shares and a GBP 671.4 million adjusted profit added to the positive tone, with minor negatives such as an axed dinner range.
What drove it
- Sephora partnership
- share price rise and profit
- product sales buzz
The 33 stories
- +10.0 Sephora to open 100 beauty stores within Marks & Spencer stores across the UK
Sephora to open 100 beauty stores in M&S; big positive deal. - +10.0 Britain's M&S joins forces with Sephora to expand beauty offer
Sephora partnership expands beauty offer. - +9.2 M&S links up with Sephora to lure younger shoppers
Sephora tie-up to attract younger shoppers. - +9.2 Marks & Spencer expands beauty offer with new Sephora partnership
Beauty expansion with Sephora partnership. - +9.2 M&S to roll out 100 in-store beauty departments under deal with makeup giant
100 in-store beauty departments under Sephora deal. - +9.2 Marks & Spencer expands beauty push with Sephora UK store and online partnership
Sephora UK store and online partnership. - +9.2 Marks and Spencer expands beauty push with Sephora deal in UK
Beauty push with Sephora deal. - +8.3 Sephora is moving into Marks & Spencer and beauty fans can't wait
Sephora move into M&S welcomed by beauty fans. - +8.3 M&S makes major brand announcement as huge retailer coming to 100 UK stores
Sephora coming to 100 stores; major brand announcement. - +7.5 M&S confirms changes in 100 stores and gives start date
Store changes confirmed with start date. - +7.5 New M&S announcement confirms change for 100 UK stores
Change confirmed for 100 stores via Sephora. - +5.8 Levi’s, Marks & Spencer launch renewable energy initiative for fashion suppliers
Renewable energy initiative with Levi's; positive ESG story. - +5.8 Marks & Spencer stock reports GBP 671.4 million adjusted profit
Reports adjusted profit of GBP 671.4 million. - +5.0 Marks & Spencer Group rises Tuesday, outperforms market
Shares rose and outperformed market. - +5.0 Marks and Spencer to make huge 2027 change to UK stores
Planned 2027 store change, tied to Sephora rollout. - +4.2 Marks and Spencer shoppers snap up 'like silk' £28 blouse perfect for work or Christmas parties
Blouse selling well; positive product coverage. - +4.2 Marks and Spencer's 'warm but not bulky' £18 jumper in two colours is 'just right'
Jumper praised by shoppers; mild positive. - +4.2 Marks & Spencer’s ‘answer for mince pie haters’ is flying off shelves for £3.50 – and it’s perfect for Maltesers lovers
Festive product flying off shelves. - +4.2 Marks and Spencer shoppers race to buy 'lovely and warm' lounge wear sets for £5
Loungewear selling well at low price. - +4.2 M&S' £36 'lace knit' is autumn's most versatile layer – it's polished, wearable and selling fast
Knitwear described as selling fast. - +4.2 This Morning viewers rush to buy Lisa Snowdon’s M&S kimono jacket before it sells out
Kimono jacket popular with viewers; positive product buzz. - +4.2 The 'sparkle jean' is autumn's chicest denim trend – M&S' £46 pair are flattering, grown-up and look designer
Denim praised as flattering and designer-looking. - +4.2 Cat Deeley's £36 M&S dress is flying off the virtual shelves
Celebrity-linked M&S dress selling well; mild positive product coverage. - −3.3 Marks & Spencer AXES 'go-to' dinner range that shoppers buy 'every week' as meals vanish from shelves
Popular dinner range axed; customer disappointment. - +3.3 M&S brings back retro item to Sussex stores 70 years after it arrived on shelves
Retro item returns to stores; light positive. - +3.3 M&S plans new food hall with 20 extra jobs amid town centre concerns
New food hall and jobs, with some local concerns. - +2.5 Major retailer could open huge new brand in Suffolk stores
Likely Sephora-related expansion into stores; mildly positive. - +2.5 'I'm American in the UK trying M&S's Percy Pigs for first time – this is what I thought'
Percy Pigs trial; light brand interest. - +2.5 American tries M&S Percy Pigs for first time and shares honest verdict
Percy Pigs verdict; light brand interest. - −1.7 Amy Traves leaves Marks & Spencer and takes on Customer Experience Transformation role at Sainsbury’s
Staff member leaves for Sainsbury's; minor departure. - −1.7 Co Antrim Marks and Spencer worker man who lifted cash from tills sentenced
Employee theft sentencing; minor negative. - +0.8 Could major change be coming to M&S store in Norwich?
Possible store change in Norwich; vague and neutral. - −0.8 Thief sentenced after Marks & Spencer and Boots shoplifting spree in Shrewsbury
Shoplifting sentencing; M&S a victim, minor.
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