How M&S regained its place as UK’s top womenswear retailer

Four years after it fell out of the FTSE 100 the high street brand is again boasting strong sales

Fours years after it fell out of the FTSE 100, M&S has turned around its fortunes to become the UK's best retailer for women's wear.

In May, strong sales figures were driven not only by bog-standard basics such as underwear and T-shirts, but by more fashion-forward categories, too. Now, sales of women's party wear are up 49%, and knitwear up 23% in October compared with last year.