London — British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) launched a clothing sale on Thursday to help clear stock built up during the coronavirus lockdown, tapping into widespread public support for health workers by giving some of the proceeds to National Health Service (NHS) charities.

With Britain having been in lockdown since March 23, the country’s store-based clothing retailers are sitting on hundreds of millions of pounds of spring and summer stock, which they are now looking to unload as the restrictions start to ease...

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