Lord marks dies in London....
From a "Penny Bazaar" to a super -store empire... Lord marks the boss of "Marks and Spencer" died in his office yesterday- at the age of 76. He was the boss of the chain of stores which changed the shopping habits of millions. lord marks was the son of a poor polish immigrant Michael arks who started the business empires with a penny bazaar a stall in a Leeds street on which everything was Pvt. Ltd. The business grew and his son - took ever and built it up to the best business of its kind in the world today. He insisted on quality as well as fair prices in all of his 240 stores throughput the country. The latest accounting showed a net trading profit for last year of $28,500,000. on a turnover of $201,500,000. photo shows Lord Marks Boas of the short humping with top - the start the penny bazaar in a street in Leeds in 1884. with below one of the present 240 super stores which spread throughout the county.
Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.
Photo is dated 12-12-1964.
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