Marks & Spencer (M&S) expects to return to profit growth this year following a cyberattack that disrupted its fashion and home operations. The company reports that its performance in the financial year ended 28 March 2026 is weaker than the prior year, reflecting the impact of the incident. Retail Gazette reports that group adjusted profit before tax falls 23.8% to £671.4m, compared with £881.1m in the previous year, indicating a clear decline during the period affected by the attack. Bloomberg similarly says M&S expects profits to rebound to the growth trajectory seen before the disruption, framing the forecast as part of an ongoing recovery. The Financial Times adds that M&S is moving past the cyber hit, which it describes as having cost the business hundreds of millions of pounds. Across the outlets, the common theme is that M&S’s latest results reflect the cyberattack’s financial hit, while the company’s current guidance signals confidence in a return to earlier profit-growth patterns as operations normalize.