British retailer Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) has resumed taking click and collect orders for clothing after a nearly four-month hiatus following a cyber hack and data theft.
The 141-year-old M&S stopped taking orders through its website and app for clothing and home deliveries and collection from stores on April 25, three days after disclosing it was managing a "cyber incident".
M&S's website said on Monday that click and collect had resumed for fashion, home and beauty products. The company did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
Shares in M&S were up 1% in early trading on Monday, paring 2025 losses to 11%.
Investec analyst Kate Calvert said the reinstatement of click and collect "is the key 'back to normal' signal from a consumer perspective."
She does not expect the hack to impact M&S' long-term valuation or growth prospects.
As part of its management of the hack and data theft, M&S took other systems offline. That reduced both clothing and food availability in stores, further denting sales.
Rivals, such as Next (NXT.L) in clothing and Sainsbury's (SBRY.L) in food, have been beneficiaries.
M&S CEO Stuart Machin told investors in early July the group would be over the worst of the fallout from the incident by August.
Chairman Archie Norman last month told lawmakers that M&S believed the ransomware attack was carried out by the hacker group DragonForce.
Also in July, UK police arrested four people as part of their investigation into the hack and other attacks on the Co-op and Harrods.
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