.marksandspencer has warned that separate labelling for goods being sold in Northern Ireland would not be a viable change to the protocol
By John CampbellMarks & Spencer has warned that separate labelling for goods being sold in Northern Ireland would not be a viable change to the Northern Ireland Protocol.The UK and EU are negotiating ways to improve its operations.M&S chairman Archie Norman has written to the foreign secretary to warn that labelling would mean "overbearing and prohibitive costs" for retailers.
However M&S said that would create difficulties for businesses which sell outside the UK, particularly into the Republic of Ireland. It added that such a requirement would "completely undermine the all-Ireland supply we have set up to help get around the current issues". "In a digital era - when one tap of a mobile can check-in a customer at store and locate their order in under 60 seconds, it's baffling that the government and the EU have rewound four decades to discuss an expensive 'solution' involving stickers & labelling," he said.
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