M&S to axe new 供給者

By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday
Updated: 00:00 BST, 3 November 1999

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示すs & Spencer is to axe just one more 供給者 and 減ずる the 役割s of several more. The 決定／判定勝ち（する） - likely to result in a number of 職業 losses within the 供給（する） 網状組織 - follows the 最近の severance of 関係s with William Baird and Daks Simpson.

The remaining 供給者 to lose its 契約 完全に is 個人として-owned and smaller than Baird and Daks. It has been 知らせるd of the retailer's 決定／判定勝ち（する） but is understood not to have told all its staff yet as its 役割 will 減らす 徐々に over the next 12 months.

Other 供給者s will see a 削減 in 商売／仕事 from the company as they are told to 焦点（を合わせる） on より小数の 製品 areas.

M&S, which 明かすd disappointing 暫定的な 人物／姿／数字s yesterday, has around 100 British-based 供給者s and has held discussions with all of them about the 未来.

The 意向 is to 制限する the 供給（する） base so that each 供給者 is able to 供給する 重要な 容積／容量s, niche 専門的知識 or both.

現在／一般に, 示すs's 最高の，を越す four 供給者s, 含むing William Baird, 与える／捧げる 45% of the company's 製品s. The に引き続いて 16 （不足などを）補う a その上の 42%, leaving just 13% of the 商売／仕事 株d between around 80 会社／堅いs. The 蓄える／店 group is hoping those companies to lose out from its 戦略の review will find custom どこかよそで in the months to come.

M&S 株 fell 12 3/4p to 265 1/4p today, their lowest in years.