FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Marks & Spencer / 19 October 2026

Marks & Spencer (MKS): news on Monday 19 October 2026

+3.3 positive

Coverage was mostly positive, with new store plans, Christmas recruitment, a new payment option and favourable clothing coverage. This was partly offset by reports of an assault at an M&S store and M&S turkey losing out in Christmas rankings.

What drove it

new store openings
Christmas products and hiring
store incident

The 14 stories

Each headline's own score, strongest first. Links go to the publisher.

+6.7 Somerset shopping centre unveils £3.2m transformation and new M&S store Somerset County Gazette
New M&S store in shopping centre transformation
+6.7 Work set to begin on multimillion-pound investment at shopping outlet - paves the way for flagship new M&S home Insider Media Ltd
New flagship M&S home store planned within investment scheme
+5.8 The 'stylish' Marks and Spencer jumper that looks 'so much more expensive' than £30 price tag Manchester Evening News
Positive product coverage of M&S jumper value
+5.8 Shearling is back - and M&S's style gives the bomber a cosy update for chilly mornings, just £75 Good Housekeeping
Positive coverage of M&S shearling bomber jacket
+5.8 Marks and Spencer's 'glamorous' £50 faux fur jacket can be worn to the office or Christmas parties Manchester Evening News
Favourable product coverage of M&S faux fur jacket
+5.0 M&S Douglas to recruit more than 80 new colleagues for Christmas Isle of Man Today
M&S Douglas recruiting over 80 Christmas staff
+5.0 M&S makes huge change to how shoppers can pay ahead of Christmas Birmingham Live
M&S adds payment options for shoppers before Christmas
+4.2 M&S has dropped three gorgeous LED twig trees Ideal Home
Product launch coverage of M&S Christmas lighting
−3.3 Woman assaulted & three girls harassed at M&S at Bluewater Shopping Centre as man, 36, arrested The Sun
Assault and harassment incident at an M&S store; reputational concern
−2.5 Best supermarket turkey for Christmas 2026 named beating M&S and Waitrose Liverpool Echo
M&S turkey beaten by rival in ranking
−2.5 Man, 36, arrested after woman reportedly assaulted at Bluewater shopping centre News Shopper
Assault reported at Bluewater, arrest; M&S store context
−1.7 Best supermarket turkey crown for Christmas 2026 — not Morrisons, Aldi or M&S Wales Online
M&S turkey crown not top in ranking
−1.7 Best Christmas 2026 supermarket turkey crown named - and it's not Morrisons or M&S Daily Star
M&S turkey crown beaten in ranking
−1.7 Best supermarket turkey crown for Christmas 2026 named — not Morrisons or M&S Daily Mirror
M&S turkey crown not top in ranking

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