FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Marks & Spencer / 3 October 2026
Marks & Spencer (MKS): news on Saturday 3 October 2026
+2.8 slightly positive
Coverage was mostly positive product and range stories, plus a new Foodhall opening and a Sephora beauty launch. The end of the 14-year Rosie Huntington-Whiteley lingerie collaboration and several shoplifting reports held the score back.
What drove it
- product and range coverage
- Sephora beauty launch
- lingerie collaboration ends
The 36 stories
- +6.7 Opening date revealed for long-awaited M&S Foodhall at busy Northampton retail park – Christmas food slots available to book now
New Foodhall opening, expansion - +6.7 Retail wrap: M&S Sephora beauty launch; Burnham’s £210m package to revive high streets; Metrocentre acquired for £516m
Sephora beauty launch at M&S - +5.8 | Marks & Spencer backs UK textile recycling chain built to scale
M&S backs textile recycling, supports sustainability credentials - +5.0 Marks & Spencer Home Unveils Curated Christmas Collection, Decorations
Christmas home collection launch - +4.7 Marks and Spencer's autumn work dress has 'just arrived' but is already selling fast
Dress selling fast - −4.7 Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's lingerie collaboration with M&S comes to an end after 14 years as the collection is removed from stores and the website
Lingerie collaboration ends, removed from stores and website - +4.5 ‘Better than Baileys’: M&S’s creamy £12 liqueur tastes just like a Bounty – and wowed serious wine writers
Liqueur praised by wine writers - +4.5 Marks and Spencer shoppers snap up £40 jeans with 'subtle' print for work or Christmas parties
Shoppers snapping up jeans - +4.5 The 5-star M&S cardigan that's luxurious & warm with no need for a winter jacket
Five-star cardigan praised - +4.2 Burgundy Is Replacing Black For Autumn And M&S's £45 Cord Collar Padded Jacket Is A Fail-Safe Staple
Favourable fashion product feature - +4.2 M&S making major change to shops that could come to Hereford in 2027
Store changes possibly coming to Hereford - +4.2 M&S's steak & chips meal deal is back for the perfect Friday treat & costs £7 per person
Popular meal deal returns - +4.2 'Beautiful' M&S jumper that 'doesn't cling' is ideal for winter and under £30
Positive product coverage of M&S jumper - −4.2 After 14 years, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's collaboration with M&S ends
Long-running celebrity lingerie collaboration ends - +3.7 Marks and Spencer's £36 top has print that's perfect for pumpkin patch picking
Positive product coverage of M&S top - +3.7 M&S’s £35 burgundy gingham pyjamas are perfect for cosy season
Positive pyjamas product coverage - +3.7 Forget bright blooms - M&S's £48 moss green floral dress proves muted prints are the chicest choice for autumn
Favourable dress feature - +3.7 M&S’s £40 animal print midi dress is a flattering autumn staple for warmer days
Positive dress coverage - +3.3 I tried strawberry jam from Aldi, Lidl, M&S and Asda — one beat Hartley's
M&S jam included in taste test, one beat Hartley's - +3.3 Cat Deeley's chic M&S dress proves checks are essential for autumn styling
Celebrity-endorsed dress coverage - +3.3 Colin's been dismembered! M&S's new Trick or Treat Mix is his most gruesome makeover yet
New Halloween confectionery product - +3.3 Urmi Group wins M&S Plan A Sustainability Award
M&S sustainability award given to supplier - +3.3 I compared Lidl and M&S corn flakes to Kellogg's - 95p box is worth every penny
M&S corn flakes compared favourably in value test - +3.3 M&S pleated table lamp that 'looks expensive' adds a 'warm cosy feeling'
Lamp praised as looking expensive - −1.7 Police chase down prolific M&S shoplifter who fled in an Audi
Prolific shoplifter at M&S - +1.7 I tested Aldi, M&S, Lidl and Asda strawberry jam — winner 80p less than Hartley's
M&S in jam test; winner unclear - −1.7 M&S lorry sheds food cargo across Carlisle road forcing three-hour closure
M&S lorry spilled cargo causing road closure - +1.7 Claudia Winkleman’s Traitors jacket is now 40% off - plus the best alternatives from M&S to Whistles
M&S featured as alternative in fashion roundup - −1.7 Shoplifter caught by off-duty officer after fleeing M&S in Audi
Shoplifting incident at M&S store - −1.3 Watch: Moment woman steals from M&S and is chased by police
Shoplifting incident at M&S - −1.3 Moment M&S shoplifter is chased by plain clothes police officer
Shoplifting incident at M&S - −1.3 Watch: Kent Police chase down prolific shoplifter who ran away from M&S
Shoplifting incident at M&S - −1.3 Moment police chase down repeat shoplifter fleeing M&S in getaway Audi
Shoplifting incident at M&S - −1.3 Police chase down prolific M&S shoplifter who fled in an Audi and arrest her at her very ordinary Tunbridge Wells home
Shoplifter arrested after M&S theft - +0.8 Editors' Top Reads: News from M&S, Ted Baker, Hirestreet and more...
Industry news roundup including M&S - −0.8 Twist in future of landmark ex-M&S site as skyscraper plan questioned
Former M&S site redevelopment questioned; marginal link
Marks & Spencer: every day · Retail on 3 October 2026 · FTSE 100 overview for the day