Marks and spencer's sale - now extra 20% off

wolvesfan18

will be online from tonight and in store from tommorow


well, it has been about 10 days since the last one guys :rotfl:

lovesharingbargainsme

Do you know what time online tonight please, thanks.

wolvesfan18

usually varies regards to online but we sometimes see it as early as 10pm

Issyc

M&S have a sale every week.

wolvesfan18

Oh I know! But this is a big one as it will be the last before christmas, to clear out many lines to make room for the christmas ones.

i remember when they had a couple a year, now it's not to walk in and see a sign hanging somewhere for a sale

VfM4meplse

I saw a lovely shawl in M&S Westfield E15 for £40 about a month ago - decided to leave it and wait for the next sale as there was a whole rack full of them...but haven't seen them at Lakeside or Marble Arch since, nor online when I checked just now... . Strange how there seem to be endless rows of different styles in the largest stores, but just 7 designs online?

Doc_N

M&S = DFS

How can you trust a company with a sale every couple of weeks? Thorntons are just as bad - hyped up prices, lowered in ever more frequent and desperate sales to make things look bargains when they're not.

janeroser_2

Doc_N wrote: »

M&S = DFS

How can you trust a company with a sale every couple of weeks? Thorntons are just as bad - hyped up prices, lowered in ever more frequent and desperate sales to make things look bargains when they're not.

They say their sales figures are right down,I think they are getting a bit desperate.

veruccasalt

I think actually it was a policy decision made many years ago. In the distant past, they had new lines in about 4 times a year, and big sales that dragged on for weeks at each turn around.

Now, lines are stocked for much shorter periods of time, so there is a much quicker turn over of stock and designs. The logical conclusion of this is that they will want to clear stock for new lines more frequently, so there are more sales, but with fewer lines, and lasting for usually just a few days in stores until stock is reduced right down and cleared.

They used to be criticised for being stodgy, being too slow to respond to high-street fashion, and running lines for so long that you were always seeing someon wearing the same pair of trousers as you. They changed their approach many years ago to respond to these criticisms.

And on the contrary, I think they are doing quite well. About 15 years ago, there was talk of them being taken over by a French group (can't remember the name), or even by the quite dreadful Philip Green (think BHS, Top Shop etc etc.). The fact they they are a highly profitable company again, with no rumours of take-over bids, surely vindicates the change in their sales policy?

NBirdy

Does anyone have a preview link at all yet please? I know Claire21 usually manages to figure it out

happy2bhere

Claire21.....where are you???!!!