Marks & Spencer is the iconic clothing brand coming from the United Kingdom that has been the epithome of British style and quality for a long time. Thanks to its rapid expansion since its founding, you can find Marks & Spencer stores all around the world. Quite interestingly, the brand is especially popular in all countries that used to be the colonies of Great Britain. Let us look at Marks & Spencer’s history, its products and on their availibility in Singapore.
Marks & Spencer, which is often referred to simply as M&S all over the world has stores in 41 countries and offers the ability for shoppers to buy goods from its website. The brand is not just one of the oldest high-profile streetwear brands in the UK but it is also among the oldest retail brands in the world (which still exist).
Michael Marks (changed name) and Thomas Spencer founded Marks & Spencer in 1884. By the time of its founding Mark could barely speak English, coming from a Russian Jewish refugee camp, where he was working as a tailor for a couple of years. After getting to know each other the duo has decided to invest in renting a stall, to sell tailored goods and this was the beginning of the establishing of the company that later becomes the biggest UK quality streetwear product chain in the world. Marks & Spencer grew with years, implemented its own selling strategy and sold only British made goods for most of its operation. which it was forced to change in 2005 with the coming of the global financial cricis which have also put the huge company in danger. These years, Marks & Spencer operates its stores in a franchise system in countries that are not part of Great Britain. The brand has over 130 branded outlets all across the globe and it was the first UK clothes company that managed to make over 1 billion British Pounds in a year as net revenue.
Marks & Spencer was long-time popular for selling only British made goods and clothes, a tradition which it had to break recently however it kept with its food, especially the meat section. Most stores outside of Britain offer only clothes with the exception of the largest Marks & Spencer. The brand has some of the most extensive clothes collections in terms of menswear, women’s clothes and kids’ clothes. The great quality of clothes has always been one strong point of Marks & Spencer. The stores’ image was recently rejuvenated paired up with the bringing out of a new fresher logo and image for the brand. Marks & Spencer is very famous for having one of the most customer friendly policies, for instance with the bringing back of its goods within 35 days of their purchase and an extensive correction tailoring service which is offered by all M&S stores.
Marks & Spencer utilises its own measuring system that they use from 1957. Each store have their extra large section and maternity section. The stores also offer a great deal of baby wear.
Singapore is a huge fan of Marks & Spencer clothes and you can find the brand at multiple locations: The Centrepoint, Wheelock Place, The Paragon, Plaza Singapura, Raffles City, Parkway Parade, VivoCity, Great World City, JEM at Jurong East.
As of today, the largest Marks & Spencer store is located at Wheelock Place in Singapore. Check out this great and classy brand in Singapore if you want to buy quality and durable clothes for your whole family.