Marks & Spencer NEWS AND COMPANY PROFILE
Marks & Spencer is a leading British retailer bringing food, clothing and homeware to millions of customers around the world.
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- Meat, fish, poultry, deli
- Fresh produce and flowers
- Grocery and household
- Frozen food
- Bakeries, on the move food, prepared meals
- Hospitality
- Clothing
- Home and beauty
- M&S Bank (operated by HSBC UK)
- M&S Energy (operated by Octopus Energy)
- M&S Opticians (operated by Owl Optical)
Stores
M&S has has 959 stores across the UK, although 615 of these only sell food products. It also has 472 international stores. The business serves a total of nearly 30 million customers each year. Stores have many different formats, including full line, food halls, home stores, outlet stores and standalone M&S food shops.
Employees
M&S has around 70,000 employees on average throughout the year. 58,946 of these work in UK stores and 3,697 are based in the retailer's head office. Just over 7,000 work in operations, with 5,579 of these working overseas. Of its total employees, 48,727 are female and 20,850 are male.
Head office
The M&S head office is located in London. The address is as follows:
Marks and Spencer Group plc, Waterside House, 35 North Wharf Road, London.
Financials
M&S is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the abbreviation MKS. It is also a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. There are no majority shareholders or any stakeholders holding above 6% stake in the company. There are just under 2 billion shares, trading at around 163, giving a total market cap of £3.23bn.
Year to 3 April 2021
Revenue: £9.1557 billion
Pre-Tax Loss: £209.4 million
Year to 28 March 2020
Revenue: £10.1819 billion
Pre-Tax Profit: £403.1 million
Contact information
M&S can be contacted via phone and email at its London head office.
- Tel: 020 7935 4422
- Email: corporate.press@marks-and-spencer.com
