British multinational retailer in food, clothing, home and beauty and banking, with over 1,300 stores worldwide and more than 65,000 colleagues.
Marks and Spencer is a British multinational retailer with roots in Michael Marks' 1884 penny bazaar in Leeds. The group trades across food, clothing, home and beauty, and banking, employing over 65,000 colleagues and operating a store estate of more than 1,300 stores worldwide. Its Greek operations form part of an international retail business that serves millions of customers every week.
The company's business lines include M&S Food, which is built around product innovation and freshness across ready meals and fresh produce; Clothing, Home & Beauty, where ranges have been reshaped around quality at fair prices; and M&S Bank, providing banking and financial services under the M&S brand. Partnerships with Ocado Retail extend the group into online grocery, while a Costa Coffee partnership covers foodservice. Overseas activity sits within the wider international store network.
Operational work spans food product development, supply chain and retail operations, and the modernisation of the retail estate. Responsible sourcing and sustainability are treated as long-term commitments, with the view that attention to environmental impact is simply good business. The group's stated approach is to modernise while protecting what makes M&S distinctive, grounded in an identity that dates back more than 140 years.
