M&S to shutter 5 stores in Shanghai
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BRITISH retailer Marks & Spencer plans to close five stores in Shanghai by August, it said yesterday, though it stuck by its commitment to expand into other large Chinese cities.
M&S entered China in 2008 with a store in Shanghai, and it now has 15 on the Chinese mainland. But the retailer has struggled to make a major impact in a country that remains one of its priority international markets along with India, Russia and the Middle East.
For the long term, M&S is in the process of evaluating potential local partners to grow its business in China, a path other British retailers — supermarket Tesco and home improvement firm Kingfisher — have taken.
Updating on its plans for the country following a review announced last April, M&S said it would continue to invest in its existing flagship store portfolio with the complete modernization of its Nanjing Road W. store in Shanghai in the autumn.
However, five of its supporting stores in Shanghai will close.
M&S said it has a firm intent to enter other cities such as Beijing and Guangzhou from 2015/16, while further expansion online would enhance its brand across China.
The retailer intends to continue to invest in Hong Kong, where it has 18 wholly owned stores and four standalone food stores, and grow its presence in Macau.
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