M&S apologises after glitch knocks site, app offline
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M&S apologises after glitch knocks site, app offline
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailer Marks & Spencer (MKS.L), opens new tab apologised to customers on Saturday after its website and app went offline for several hours because of a "technical issue".
Visitors to the group's site were from around lunchtime greeted with the message: "PLEASE BEAR WITH US. Sorry you can't shop with us right now. We're working hard to be back online as soon as possible."
A spokesperson for M&S, one of the biggest names in British business, said the website and app were back up and running as of 1700 GMT
The company said the outage was due to a third-party service provider experiencing a "technical issue" and apologised to customers "for the inconvenience caused."
Several British retailers have recently been hit by online outages.
