CANNES, FRANCE-Marks & Spencer, one of the most recognizable British retailers, is expanding like crazy internationally. Just don't expect them to come to the US, at least for a little while.

Jan Heere, a director for the London-based department-store chain, spoke here at the MAPIC retail conference at the Palais Des Festivals convention center. When I asked him whether or not M&S has plans to come to New York or other markets, he said that it's something the company has put thought to, but it currently has other expansion obligations.

"If we were there and truly succcessful, it would be positive," he said during the question-and-answer session during his keynote speech today. "[But] today going to the US would be a distraction [from our other expansion plans]."