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SWOT Analysis
It is well known that for a long period of time Marks & Spencer was considered to be the
market leader and UK’s best established store in the retail sector. They were known as the top clothing retailers and they pioneered the development of chilled convenience foods in the 1980’s . They had a simple philosophy, which was to produce high quality products under a well known, recognised brand name at considerably affordable prices. However, for the last few years, Marks & Spencer’s marketing philosophy has come under attack as other companies invaded and commenced to eat into the market share , and hence the company lost its competitive stance , which led to a decline in profits. Competition from the smaller stores became more intense, stores such as Next and the Arcadia Group (Retailers such as Topshop, Burtons) were climbing the ladder and gained high market share (see Appendix E) simply because they targeted specific markets and target audiences. In order to......

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