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M&S M&S has reactivated a dormant company registration, Marks & Spencer (Australia) Pty Ltd, and appointed two new directors to the subsidiary, increasing expectations that the famous UK name will set up shop in Australia.
has reactivated a dormant company registration, Marks & Spencer The new directors are Anthony Clarke, assistant company secretary at group level in London, and Melissa Lovell, who is a lawyer at the Australian oil and gas company Santos.
(Australia) Pty Ltd, and appointed two new directors to the subsidiary, A move into Australia’s crowded retail space would lay down a challenge to established local brands such as Myer, David Jones and Coles and fits chief executive Marc Bolland’s strategy to turn the business into a multichannel international retailer.
increasing expectations that the famous UK name will set up shop in M&S already has more than 400 shops outside the UK, including 16 in Indonesia and 10 in Singapore and would be following fellow British retailer Top Shop into Australia.
Australia.
The
new directors are Anthony Clarke, assistant company secretary at group
level in London, and Melissa Lovell, who is a lawyer at the Australian
oil and gas company Santos.
A
move into Australia’s crowded retail space would lay down a challenge
to established local brands such as Myer, David Jones and Coles and fits
chief executive Marc Bolland’s strategy to turn the business into a
multichannel international retailer.
M&S
already has more than 400 shops outside the UK, including 16 in
Indonesia and 10 in Singapore and would be following fellow British
retailer Top Shop into Australia.