M&S admits boob over bra wars
Marks and Spencer has admitted defeat in the bra wars and bowed to pressure from its bigger busted customers. A campaign was launched after it emerged that the high street favourite was charging more for larger-sized bras. Beckie Williams, founder of Facebook group Busts 4 Justice and a 30G herself, was so infuriated by the policy that she bought a share in the company with the intention of confronting chairman Sir Stuart Rose at the next annual meeting in July.
But she won her battle as Marks and Spencer admitted it had "boobed" and promised one price would fit all. A spokesman said: "We've heard what our customers are telling us that they are unhappy with the pricing on our DD-plus bras and that basically we've boobed." He added: "So from Saturday May 9 no matter what size you buy, the price is going to be the same. "We're not going to cut the quality though - they'll still be made to the same high standards so you get the best support on the high street."
More than 11,000 people joined the Facebook group Busts 4 Justice which said Marks and Spencer was putting a £2 surcharge on bras with a cup size larger than double-D. Some of the online group's members suggested a boycott of the chain until it revised its pricing policy. Miss Williams, 26, said M&S had got away with the "unfair" practice for too long and urged it to think again. Supermarket giant Asda entered the fray by unveiling a £4 bra in cup sizes A to F in its George range. Fiona Lambert, George's brand director, said: "No one would dream of charging one price for size seven men's socks and a different price for a man with larger feet, so why should they do the same with ladies that are blessed in the chest department?"
