date:Apr 12, 2013
al merchandise side around, he said on Thursday.
Aviva Investors holds 0.1 percent of MS, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon data.
MS finance director Alan Stewart said the company had the backing of its major investors.
What we're hearing directly from shareholders is that they are supportive of our strategy ... and that they recognise it's going to take time, he told reporters.
Shares in MS rose 3.2 percent after it said sales of non-food products, spanning clothing, footwear and homewares