M&S says vive la France once again

High street retailer Marks & Spencer resumed trading in France yesterday after a decade-long absence.

The UK stalwart has launched a French-language website offering more than 10,000 products across its clothing and homeware ranges. This will be followed by a three-storey store in Paris on the Champs-Elysees and other shops in and around the French capital. M&S closed its 38 stores in continental Europe in 2001.