Marks & Spencer
British retailer
Marks and Spencer plc (also known as M&S) is a major British retailer headquartered in the City of Westminster, London. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index
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| Company type | Public limited company |
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| LSE: MKS FTSE 250 Component | |
| ISIN | US57069PAD42  |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1884 Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Founder | Sir Michael Marks Thomas Spencer |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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| Revenue | £10.622 billion (2017)[1] |
| £690.6 million (2017)[1] | |
| £115.7 million (2017)[1] | |
Number of employees | 84,939 (2017)[2] |
| Website | marksandspencer |
It specialises in the selling of clothing, home products and luxury food products. M&S was founded in 1884 by Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer in Leeds.[3] It has 979 stores across the U.K. including 615 that only sell food products.[4]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Marks & Spencer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ↑ "M&S Key Facts". Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ↑ "M&S launches underwear boutiques". No. Business. United Kingdom: BBC. BBC. 23 October 2000. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ Plummer, Robert (28 April 2017). "M&S online food delivery service will be no piece of cake". BBC News. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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