M&S plans smaller retail store at 80-year-old flagship outlet

Marks and Spencer group has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic as lockdowns have shuttered most of its clothing space

Marks and Spencer reported another big fall in sales of clothing and homeware in the Christmas quarter. File picture: Damian Coleman

British retailer Marks and Spencer has proposed a redevelopment of its flagship Marble Arch store in central London that would see the upper levels of the building made into office space, it has confirmed. 

Under the proposals, which M&S is seeking to consult with local stakeholders on, it would develop a smaller modernised full-line store on a site it has occupied since 1930.