Business | MarketsJames Ashton on M&S: Food alone can’t offer enough jam Marks & Spencer food has become a juggernaut under Steve RoweJames Ashton8 July 2014Just when Laura Wade-Gery has been given more to do at Marks & Spencer, today’s figures suggest that the group’s dot-com chief should be focusing on her old job.Teething troubles at its new website have contributed to another underwhelming trading update from the retailer.Digital has been a “jam tomorrow” promise because Marks & Spencer had to wrest control of its website back from an odd partnership with Amazon.But after chief executive Marc Bolland earned some breathing space when his womenswear ranges showed signs of life in the Christmas quarter, he really needed to show more jam today to investors at its annual general meeting in Wembley.Read MoreMarks & Spencer chief Marc Bolland faces shareholder pressure as clothing sales fall againWorld Cup 2014: M&S nearly sell out of England team suitsMarks & Spencer profits fall again but chief Marc Bolland says he has investor backingThank goodness for Marks & Spencer food, which has become a juggernaut under Steve Rowe. No signs of the impact of the supermarket price war there.The company has lifted itself above the two most troubled retailers, Tesco and Morrisons.However, it really has to demonstrate more progress if it wants to stay there.
