Going forward, M&S has planned and targeted to concentrate on increasing food sales
Sales at Marks & Spencer have fallen for the six months to the 26th of September.
UK like-for-like sales fell by 0.4% for the period, and while sales of general merchandise, which includes the clothing division, were down by 1.2%, food sales rose by 0.2%.
The retailer said underlying profits rose by 6.1% to £284 million, although after taking into account one-off items, pre-tax profit fell 22.7% to £216m.
Those one-off items included almost £27m on revamping UK stores and £22m on European store costs.
M&S noted that it plans to concentrate on increasing food sales, gross margins and cash generation.