Michael Marks

References

Michael Marks

British businessman

Written by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Learn about this topic in these articles:

Marks & Spencer PLC
…toy, and sheet-music business of Michael Marks, a Jewish refugee from Poland. His sign read “Don’t ask the price—it’s a penny.” In 1894 he took Thomas Spencer as a business partner. Marks’s son Simon transformed the business from a number of outdoor stalls in various markets in northern England to…
Read More
…toy, and sheet-music business of Michael Marks, a Jewish refugee from Poland. His sign read “Don’t ask the price—it’s a penny.” In 1894 he took Thomas Spencer as a business partner. Marks’s son Simon transformed the business from a number of outdoor stalls in various markets in northern England to…
Read More