{"id":3005,"date":"2022-11-11T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lowe.in-beta.dev\/uk\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2025-05-07T16:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:25:55","slug":"peak-trading-case-study-marks-spencers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uat.lowerental.com\/uk\/resources\/peak-trading-case-study-marks-spencers\/","title":{"rendered":"Peak Trading Case Study: Marks &amp; Spencers"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-resource\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-resource__back\" data-aos=\"fade-in\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uat.lowerental.com\/uk\/resources\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"6.09\" height=\"10.679\" viewBox=\"0 0 6.09 10.679\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<path id=\"Path_104508\" data-name=\"Path 104508\" d=\"M4.279,0,0,4.279,4.279,8.558\" transform=\"translate(0.75 1.061)\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a1a5a3\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\tBack\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-resource__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-resource__text\" data-aos=\"fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Case Study<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Peak Trading Case Study: Marks &amp; Spencers<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-resource__text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Flat pack cold rooms used for back of the house storage, bespoke Meadowhall cold rooms and additional fridges for the shop floor.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-resource__image\" data-aos=\"fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-resource__image-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uat.lowerental.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/3.webp\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-resource__mobileText\" data-aos=\"fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Flat pack cold rooms used for back of the house storage, bespoke Meadowhall cold rooms and additional fridges for the shop floor.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tif ( typeof Fancybox !== 'undefined' ) {\n\t\tFancybox.bind( '[data-fancybox]', {\n\t\t\tThumbs: false,\n\t\t\tToolbar: false,\n\t\t\tdragToClose: false,\n\t\t\tCarousel: {\n\t\t\t\tNavigation: false,\n\t\t\t},\n\t\t} );\n\t}\n\n\tif ( typeof AOS !== 'undefined' ) {\n\t\tAOS.init( {\n\t\t\tonce: true,\n\t\t\tduration: 800,\n\t\t} );\n\t}\n} );\n<\/script>\n\n<section class=\"statistics\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"statistics__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"statistics__slider\" data-aos=\"fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistics__slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>1500+<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Number of Units<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"statistics__slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>100+<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stores<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"statistics__dots\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<script>\n$(document).ready(function () {\n\n\t$('.statistics').each(function (key) {\n\t\tvar sliderIdName = 'statisticsBlock-' + key;\n\t\tthis.id = sliderIdName;\n\n\t\tvar root   = $(this);\n\t\tvar slider = root.find('.statistics__slider');\n\t\tvar dots   = root.find('.statistics__dots');\n\n\t\tslider.slick({\n\t\t\tslidesToShow:   4,\n\t\t\tslidesToScroll: 1,\n\t\t\tinfinite:       false,\n\t\t\tarrows:         false,\n\t\t\tdots:           false,\n\t\t\trtl:            resolveIsRtl(),\n\t\t\tresponsive: [\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\tbreakpoint: 1025,\n\t\t\t\t\tsettings: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tslidesToShow: 1.05,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdots:         true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tappendDots:   dots,\n\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t],\n\t\t});\n\t});\n\n\tAOS.init({\n\t\tonce:     true,\n\t\tduration: 800,\n\t});\n});\n<\/script>\n\n\t<section class=\"text-image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-image__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-image__image\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uat.lowerental.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/04\/istockphoto-1485796608-1024x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-image__text\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lowe&#8217;s modular cold rooms and a range of refrigeration cabinets are rolled out to 100+ M&amp;S stores during November and December. 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