LONDON: British retailer Marks & Spencer has launched 46 websites in new markets, expanding its online reach to over 100 countries, it said on Monday, adding that the expansion into countries from Argentina and Brazil to South Korea and Pakistan was part of its strategy to accelerate its online business.
When M&S published first-half results in November it reported a 75% increase in international e-commerce sales, underlining the shift in online spend throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’re focused on turbocharging our online business both in the UK and internationally, and as part of this we see a real opportunity in extending the number of countries where we run an online channel further,” said Paul Friston, M&S’s international director.
The websites will offer M&S’s clothing and home products.
In January rival John Lewis said it was no longer pursuing international expansion and had ceased its online delivery service.
M&S, which also sells food, has been hit hard by the pandemic as lockdowns have shuttered most of its clothing space.
Shares in the group were up 0.5% at 1116 GMT, paring losses over the last year to 5%.
Britain’s Marks & Spencer expands online business to over 100 markets, including Pakistan
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Britain’s Marks & Spencer expands online business to over 100 markets, including Pakistan
- Says expansion into countries from Argentina and Brazil to South Korea and Pakistan part of strategy to accelerate online business
- M&S, which also sells food, has been hit hard by the pandemic as lockdowns have shuttered most of its clothing space
Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz among nominees for ICC’s Player of the Month award
- Nawaz scored 104 runs in ODIs and took four wickets and made 52 runs in T20Is and took 11 wickets
- South Africa’s Simon Harmer and Bangladesh’s Taijul Islam are other two nominees for the award
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz is among three of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) nominees for the Player of the Month for November award for his impressive white-ball performances last month, the global cricket body announced on Friday.
Nawaz has been in sublime form for Pakistan, instrumental in the Green Shirts’ tri-series win over Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe at home last month.
He amassed 104 ODI runs at an average of 52 with a strike rate of 114.28, while also taking four wickets. In T20Is, the left-arm spinner added 52 runs and claimed an impressive 11 wickets at just 12.72 last month.
“His match-winning 3-17 in the final against Sri Lanka capped a standout campaign and secured his Player of the Series honor,” the ICC said.
South Africa’s Simon Harmer and Bangladesh’s Taijul Islam were the other nominees for the award. Harmer claimed a staggering 17 wickets at an average of 8.94 across the two tests against India in Kolkata and Guwahati.
Meanwhile, Islam picked up 13 wickets at 26.30 in the 2-0 series win over Ireland last month, finishing as the leading wicket-taker of the series.
