Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer (M&S) is a British retailer with a department store format. Its stores sell clothing, home products and beauty alongside a large food hall offer, and the group also has an international business. Marks and Spencer Group plc is listed in London.

Range

• "Fashion, Home & Beauty": clothing, underwear, homeware and beauty
• "Food": a large food offer in the stores, also sold through Ocado.com

Where to find it

The annual report for the year to March 2026 counts 1,059 stores in the United Kingdom, both owned and franchised, and 34 million customers who shopped at M&S that year. Group sales were 17.4 billion pounds. A cyber incident hurt the year: Fashion, Home & Beauty sales fell 7.7 percent, while Food grew by 7 percent.

Ownership

M&S is a stock-listed British company with no non-European majority shareholder.