Besides delivering within the UK, Marks and Spencers has also now introduced overseas delivery to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, Spain and the United States. Only online orders (not phone orders) are eligible, and only apparel, accessories, jewellery and selected beauty and home products can be shipped. However, M&S sees the move as a way of reaching its goal of £500 million in web sales by 2011; M&S online sales were £220 million for the fiscal year ended 29th March.

• Laura Ashley for Womenswear • Currys UK, The Electrical Store • Mobile Phones at Carphone Warehouse • Ambrose Wilson Catalogue

Marks and Spencers Direct, the catalogue and internet selling division of Marks and Spencers, brings the best of the UK's leading department store to shoppers throughout the UK, including the Channel Islands, Northern Ireland, the West Country, Wales and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

For those UK shoppers already familiar with the Marks and Spencers department stores, yet possibly too busy to fully enjoy the Marks and Spencers shopping experience, the Marks and Spencers website and the sensational Marks and Spencers catalogues offer a perfect alternative, with the best of Marks and Spencers shopping just a couple of clicks away!