FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Marks & Spencer / 14 October 2026
Marks & Spencer (MKS): news on Wednesday 14 October 2026
+4.0 positive
Coverage was mostly positive, with new product ranges, the Coco de Mer lingerie collaboration, a student offer, store openings and a rise in the shares. This was partly offset by a vehicle crash at a Tyneside store that left two seriously injured, a delayed Sheffield Foodhall launch and a piece on hackers targeting big brands.
What drove it
- Coco de Mer collaboration
- new stores and products
- store crash
The 37 stories
- +8.3 Hundreds of M&S jobs and new store coming to Merseyside
Expansion with new store and jobs - +7.5 M&S rated best for limited-edition items by UK shoppers
Rated best for limited-edition items by shoppers - +7.5 Major new M&S Foodhall to open in Sheffield
New Foodhall opening signals expansion - +7.0 Marks & Spencer Teams With Luxury Brand Coco de Mer on a Lingerie Collection With Attitude
Luxury brand lingerie collaboration - +6.7 First steps taken towards opening Lancashire's latest Marks & Spencer store
Early steps towards new store opening - +6.7 M&S launches a lingerie collab with Coco de Mer - FashionNetwork
Lingerie collaboration launch - +6.7 M&S unveils its most intimate collaboration to date with Coco de Me
Coco de Mer collaboration unveiled - +6.7 Marks & Spencer Group rallies Tuesday, outperforms market
Shares rallied and outperformed market - +5.8 UNiDAYS partners with M&S to launch new student offer across fashion, home, and beauty
Student offer partnership launched - +5.8 UNiDAYS links with M&S for student discounts - FashionNetwork
Student discount partnership - +5.8 M&S just launched its beauty Advent calendar and it's the BEST VALUE I've seen
Beauty advent calendar praised as great value - −5.0 Launch of M&S Foodhall at Sheffield retail park delayed
Foodhall launch delayed - +5.0 M&S’s affordable beauty advent calendar is out – here’s my verdict as a beauty writer
Favourable beauty advent calendar review - +5.0 M&S’s 'mouth-watering' new Dine In deal feeds 4 for just £3.75 per person
Value Dine In deal promoted - −5.0 M&S, Co-op, Asos, H&M: Why hackers keep targeting Britain's biggest brands
Cyber attack targeting reputation recalled - +5.0 This is not just picky bits! First look at the M&S Christmas party food range - with treats including fish & chip bites and 'firecracker' fritters
Christmas party food range preview - −4.2 Two seriously injured in M&S car crash
Two seriously injured in crash at store - +4.2 M&S is launching a new dessert range inspired by a 90s favourite
New dessert range launch - +4.2 M&S’s sell-out tinsel Christmas tree skirt is back for 2026
Popular product returning; mild positive consumer interest - −4.2 M&S store smashed up as van crashes in North East retail park leaving two in hospital
Store damaged in crash, two hospitalised - +4.2 M&S drops never-before-seen spooky Halloween Colin with loads more chocolate and two faces
Halloween Colin product launch - −4.2 Full statements as vehicle crashes into Silverlink M&S foodhall leaving two seriously injured
Vehicle crash at store with two seriously injured - +4.2 Marks & Spencer Fashion, Home & Beauty “Packaging rebrand” by Mother Design
Packaging rebrand by design agency - −4.2 M&S branch closed after 'car crashes into storefront' as air ambulance scrambled
Branch closed after crash - +4.2 Functional Soft Drinks: M&S Food Adds This.is.gspot Soda Range with Four Functions
New soda range added to food offer - −4.2 M&S horror as car smashes through Tyneside storefront and paramedics scrambled
Car crash at store, paramedics called - −4.2 Two injured & shoppers forced to evacuate after car slams into entrance of M&S store
Shoppers evacuated after car hits store - −4.2 M&S shop closed and air ambulance scrambled after car 'crashes into Wallsend storefront'
Store closed after car crash - +3.3 A dress with pockets is hard to beat – M&S' £28 shift style is as fashionable & flattering as it is functional
Positive product coverage, minor - +3.3 M&S searching for Christmas staff at St Helens store as part of recruitment drive
Christmas recruitment drive - +3.3 Marks and Spencer's £22 top for the office or evening outs looks seriously 'more expensive'
Positive product coverage - +3.3 'I found the perfect autumn jacket at M&S that will go with everything I own'
Positive product endorsement, minor story - +2.5 Julia Roberts' balloon trouser trend is easy to recreate with these M&S styles
Fashion styles feature, minor positive - −1.7 M&S chief urges UK Government to ditch ‘patently ridiculous’ deposit return scheme
M&S chief criticises deposit return scheme - +1.7 Lingerie guru behind Coco de Mer reveals the age-defying bra style every woman should own, the perfect shade of underwear for your skin tone and the most flattering pants
Lingerie expert feature tied to M&S collaboration - +0.8 M&S urges Burnham to get SPS deal ‘done’ as EU summit confirmed for 20 November
M&S pushing for EU trade deal; neutral - 0.0 Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's, Costa, Co-op call for rule change under Andy Burnham
Named among retailers lobbying on a rule change; neutral
Marks & Spencer: every day · Retail on 14 October 2026 · FTSE 100 overview for the day