FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Marks & Spencer / 7 October 2026
Marks & Spencer (MKS): news on Wednesday 7 October 2026
+2.0 slightly positive
Coverage was dominated by upbeat product stories on clothing, fragrance and Christmas ranges, plus a supportive Citi price target and a new store opening. Campaigns over farmed salmon, a Swansea store closure and a rival hiring an M&S executive held the score down.
What drove it
- product buzz
- salmon sourcing campaign
- store changes
The 27 stories
- +8.3 Citi sets 470 GBp target for Marks & Spencer stock
Citi sets 470p target, supportive analyst view - −6.7 Chris Packham campaign takes aim at M&S over Scottish farmed salmon
Campaign targets M&S over farmed salmon sourcing - −6.7 M&S to close Swansea store in blow to city centre
Store closure in Swansea - −6.7 Marks & Spencer urged to stop sourcing farmed salmon by Project Slingshot
Campaign group urges M&S to stop sourcing salmon - −6.7 Chris Packham targets factory farmed Scottish salmon sold by M&S
Packham targets M&S-sold factory farmed salmon - +5.8 M&S is opening new 16,000 sq ft store inside an old Homebase in just weeks
New store opening in former Homebase - +5.0 M&S grows Studio fragrance range with limited-edition scent and men's collection
Fragrance range expansion with new products - +5.0 Meet M&S's new £22 perfume that smells just like the niche skin scent beauty editors swear by
New perfume launch praised - +4.2 Move over Quality Street – M&S’s magical theatre chocolate box plays Christmas music and lights up
Christmas chocolate box praised - +4.2 M&S Christmas Eve pyjamas are back including its best-ever matching family set
Popular Christmas pyjamas return - +4.2 M&S’s adorable new 2-in-1 musical biscuit tin is its best yet – and has a very funny surprise inside
New biscuit tin well received - +3.3 Gillian Anderson's M&S 'cocoa polka dot' dress is autumn's most polished style – it's £45 and looks so luxe
Positive product coverage of an M&S dress - +3.3 Marks and Spencer's 'warm but not too thick' £30 Argyle jumper Claudia Winkleman would love
Favourable product coverage of jumper - −3.3 Enniskillen Business Partnership objects to proposed M&S move
Local opposition to proposed store move - +3.3 The 'textured cardigan' is autumn's coolest knitwear trend: M&S' £40 style is cosy, chic and looks so luxe
Cardigan promoted as trend - +3.3 The ’50s circle skirt gets a brown micro check makeover - and M&S’s version is just £36
Skirt coverage favourable - +3.3 Marks and Spencer's 'structured' £70 wool coat is a bestseller for this reason
Coat described as bestseller - −3.3 Waitrose taps up M&S for new BWS boss
Rival poaches M&S drinks executive - +3.3 Marks and Spencer's 'beautiful' £12 light up Christmas candle is 'truly magical'
Positive Christmas candle coverage - +3.3 M&S's £36 polka dot satin trousers are autumn's chic evening outfit shortcut
Trousers promoted favourably - +3.3 M&S shoppers 'couldn't resist autumn staple' cardigan which gets 'plenty of compliments'
Cardigan praised by shoppers - +3.3 Gillian Anderson's £45 M&S polka dot dress has serious MVP potential
Dress gets celebrity-backed praise - +3.3 M&S shoppers brand £22 jumper as 'so soft and comfortable' for autumn
Jumper praised by shoppers - +3.3 M&S shoppers steal iconic Claudia Winkleman Traitors look with £22 cape cardigan
Shoppers buying celebrity-style cardigan - +3.3 M&S shoppers rush to snap up 'gorgeous' £28 cardigan in 'great colour for autumn'
Shoppers rushing to buy cardigan - +3.3 M&S shoppers hail £22 'soft and warm' jumper as an 'autumn and winter wardrobe staple'
Jumper hailed by shoppers - +2.5 Marks and Spencer Group (LON:MKS) Shares Break Above 200 Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?
Shares above 200-day average, mildly positive technical signal
Marks & Spencer: every day · Retail on 7 October 2026 · FTSE 100 overview for the day