Vintage Marks and Spencers card hat box hexagon shape Liquorish design

Vintage Marks and Spencers card hat box hexagon shape liquorish design. This stunning hat box would make a great display piece. Some minor age related wear (please note it will come flat packed with very simple re-assembly required). The price is for Marks and Spencers box, other hat box for sale separately. May sell together, please contact us for pricing etc.

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Size 46 cm depth 18 cm tall 54 cm wide

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M&S was founded in 1884 by Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer in Leeds. Through its television advertising it asserts the exclusive nature and luxury of its food and beverages. It also offers an online food delivery service through a joint venture with Ocado. In 1980, M&S became the first British supermarket chain to sell packaged sandwiches.

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In 1998, M&S became the first British retailer to make a pre-tax profit of over £1 billion,[4] although it then went into a sudden slump taking the company and its stakeholders by surprise. In November 2008 the company began to sell branded goods such as Kellogg's corn flakes.[5] In November 2009, it was announced that Marc Bolland, formerly of Morrisons,[6] would take over as chief executive from executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose.[7] In the early 21st century clothing sales fell, while food sales increased, after M&S dropped its traditional St. Michael brand.

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On 22 May 2018, M&S announced that it would close over 100 stores by 2022 in a "radical" plan.[8] It cut 7,000 jobs in 2020 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] In May 2021, M&S announced plans to close another 30 shops over the next 10 years as part of its turnaround plan.[10] In its 2024 results the company stated that it was aiming at reducing locations to 180 full-line and 420 food stores in the UK, commenting that legacy stores were more expensive to operate.[11]