M&S hires new visual merchandising boss
Marks & Spencer has appointed a new head of store experience.
M&S has announced the appointment of its new head of visual merchandising, Ben Witmann, who is currently senior director of omnichannel marketing and visual merchandising for Gap Europe, and will join in August
He will focus will be developing a “world class visual customer experience” in partnership with store design and brand marketing.
He will work directly under Anna Braithwaite, who will be joining as director of clothing and home marketing on 14 June, from Tesco, where she is global brand director.
Working directly into Braithwaite are five marketing roles, including heads of - insight, planning, brand and PR, brand creative and store experience (visual merchandise).
M&S boss for third-party brands to exit
Marks & Spencer’s business lead for third-party brands, Sarah Savva, is exiting in July, as the retailer bolsters its external brands team, Drapers can reveal.
Savva joined M&S in July 2020 on a fixed-term basis, to bring third party fashion brands into the business for the first time. In October womenswear brand Nobody’s Child launched on M&S’s website, as exclusively revealed by Drapers at the time. In the same month, the retailer also teamed up with Ghost London to create a capsule women’s and children s wear collection for autumn/winter 20. M&S has since added several third-party clothing brands to its offer including Seasalt, Hobbs, Phase Eight, and Joules.
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Blue Yonder Completes Strategic Project to Support M&S Clothing & Home
Iconic British retailer digitally transforms supply chain with Blue Yonder s Luminate Planning
With consumer demand and shopping preferences changing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers need an even more strategic approach to forecasting and fulfillment. That s why Marks Spencer (M&S), a leading and iconic British retailer, has been working with Blue Yonder, a leader in digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment, as part of M&S s plans to reduce costs and improve stock flow by re-engineering its end-to-end supply chain.
Blue Yonder has now completed implementation of its demand and fulfillment capabilities through Luminate