"Stuart Alan Ransom Rose, Baron Rose of Monewden" is a British businessman, who was the Chairman/executive chairman of the British retailer Marks & Spencer. For this role he was paid an annual salary of £1,130,000. Following the appointment of Marc Bolland in May 2010, Rose stepped down as executive chairman at the end of July 2010 and remained as chairman until early 2011 when he was replaced by Robert Swannell. He was knighted in 2008 for his services to the retail industry, and created a Life Peer on 17 September 2014, taking the title "Baron Rose of Monewden", of Monewden in the County of Suffolk .

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The business has substantial further trading potential which will be unlocked through a return to the core values of quality, value, service, innovation and trust.

So far, so good, but we ain't cracked it.

This is an encouraging performance, but there remains much to be done.

We've got a bit of growth a bit earlier than expected.

Clearly it would be quite nice to get to 400 pence (but) that will only be a journey. The market will decide...what our earnings or potential earnings are worth and price us accordingly.

I think the gear could stand scrutiny against any other designers we have seen so far this week.

People want cheap goods and Italy does not make them. Protectionism does not work.

We have been at pains to point out that we've got the critical three months to Christmas to go. If we get to January and we're on a similar sort of track, then we can start talking about a recovery.

The thing about London is that it is a hotbed of new and exciting talent. We don't aim to compete on a like-for-like basis, we aim to do what we can do best.