Marks & Spencer

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

Marks & Spencer plc
Public limited company
Traded asLSEMKS
FTSE 250 Component
IndustryRetail
Founded1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Leeds, United Kingdom
FounderSir Michael Marks
Thomas Spencer
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Revenue£10.622 billion (2017)[1]
£690.6 million (2017)[1]
£115.7 million (2017)[1]
Number of employees
84,939 (2017)[2]
Websitemarksandspencer.com

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]

Marks & Spencer Media

References

  1. 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.
  2. "M&S Key Facts". Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. M&S launches underwear boutiques. United Kingdom: BBC. 23 October 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/986292.stm. Retrieved 15 March 2017. 
  4. Plummer, Robert (28 April 2017). "M&S online food delivery service will be no piece of cake". BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-39743611. Retrieved 28 April 2017.