By Camilla Palladino
www.breakingviews.com
Marks & Spencer's investors must feel as if they are on a roller-coaster ride. One week the UK clothing and food retailer's shares plunge on disappointing sales, the next they are up on rumours that M&S might be the latest retailer to succumb to a bid from a private-equity house.
What this turbulence does indicate is that investors no longer trust M&S's strategy to deliver a recovery. But they shouldn't hold their breath for a private-equity bid, either. Things would probably have to get quite a lot worse before that would be doable. The best hope is that M&S will really shake itself up. But even that isn't guaranteed.
Paying for pricesTake a look at what is actually wrong with the company. After a will-o-the-wisp recovery a couple of years ago, it is again losing...
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