Marks and Spencer has become an important name in the British fashion history. Its beginnings date back to more than a hundred years when it was founded by a Polish immigrant from Minsk, Michael Marks, as a penny bazaar. His slogan being “Don’t ask the price, it’s a penny”.
The second personality, Thomas Spencer, joined in 1894 and by 1901, the company built a warehouse at Derby Street, Manchester, the first one in 145 stores inaugurated by 1915. The company differed from other companies in that they catered to the clients with open displays, browsing and self-selecting their goods instead of keeping them in cabinets by the counter. They sold everything from biscuits and buttons to needles and socks.
It was during the 1950s that Marks and Spencer decided to move forward with the times and believed in optimism, as it was epitomized by the new Christian Dior collection. Even though rationing continued, it was slowly leaving the country’s old economical system and had shown the people that fashion wasn’t only for the rich but for everyone, therefore Marks and Spencer put a lot of effort into innovation and improved their products. They took a man-made fabric they had produced during the war and created a popular line of dresses inspired in the Dior’s collection.
It was then that Marks and Spencer became the best and most popular chain store clothes in the fifties and by evolving with the times, quadrupled their profits that same year. In 1958, they produced its earliest example of colour advertising in Woman Magazine, advertising popular women’s blouses, skirts, dresses and nylon stocking. In 1959, it was the first store that applied their No Smoking in-store policy. Their success lies in offering new styles, elegance and good value for their clients’ money. Nowadays, more than 70% of its clothes are designed by in-house designers and carry their own label. Since then, the company has dedicated itself to give the best quality and offering fair value for money and is now the largest clothing retailer in the UK, with more than 800 stores in 30 countries
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