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Marks & Spencer facts for kids
Public limited company | |
Traded as | LSE: MKS FTSE 100 Component |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1884 Leeds, United Kingdom |
Founder | Sir Michael Marks Thomas Spencer |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Archie Norman (Chairman) Steve Rowe (CEO) |
Revenue | £10.622 billion (2017) |
Operating income
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£690.6 million (2017) |
£115.7 million (2017) | |
Number of employees
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84,939 (2017) |
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 100 Index.
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. It has 979 stores across the U.K. including 615 that only sell food products.
Images for kids
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Representation of historic store from the 1930s, Bekonscot model village, UK
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M&S shop in Inverness in 1998
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The interior of a branch in Wakefield, West Yorkshire in 2020.
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M&S store on Birmingham High Street
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M&S White City in Westfield London (2014) is one of the company's largest stores.
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A Marks & Spencer branch in Athens
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M&S Simply Food in Banstead, Surrey
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An M&S Food to Go store in Sutton station, Sutton, London
See also
In Spanish: Marks & Spencer para niños