query: when did marks and spencer stop using the st michael brand

pos: St Michael (brand) under the St Michael brand. The St Michael name was adopted as a 'quality guarantee' and appeared as the "St Michael Quality Promise" on the back of food products, on the side of delivery vehicles and on in-store ordering receipts. In 2000, the new Marks & Spencer dropped the St Michael brand, and replaced it with the Marks & Spencer brand. The "St Michael Quality Promise" was subsequently phased out. St Michael (brand) St Michael was a brand that was owned and used by Marks & Spencer (M&S) from 1927 until 2000. In 1875, the firm of N. Corah and

pos: St Michael (brand) under the St Michael brand. The St Michael name was adopted as a 'quality guarantee' and appeared as the "St Michael Quality Promise" on the back of food products, on the side of delivery vehicles and on in-store ordering receipts. In 2000, the new Marks & Spencer dropped the St Michael brand, and replaced it with the Marks & Spencer brand. The "St Michael Quality Promise" was subsequently phased out. St Michael (brand) St Michael was a brand that was owned and used by Marks & Spencer (M&S) from 1927 until 2000. In 1875, the firm of N. Corah and

pos: St Michael (brand) St Michael (brand) St Michael was a brand that was owned and used by Marks & Spencer (M&S) from 1927 until 2000. In 1875, the firm of N. Corah and Sons of Leicester had registered the St Margaret brand for their hosiery products. The name originated because their factory, which became one of the largest hosiery factories in Europe, was in the parish of St Margaret's in Leicester. In 1926 Corahs entered into an agreement to supply Marks and Spencer directly rather than through a wholesaler. This had the potential to bring them into conflict with the Wholesale Textile Association.

pos: Marks & Spencer & Spencer dropped the "St Michael" brand in 2000. Each M&S Foodhall sells groceries, which are all under the Marks & Spencer brand. However, in 2009 the company began selling a limited range of other brands, such as Coca-Cola and Stella Artois, without reducing the number of M&S goods they sold. This marked the first time in its 125-year history that Marks & Spencer had sold any brands other than its own. M&S introduced self check-out tills in the food-halls of a small number of trial stores in 2002. Self check-out was implemented in the general merchandise sections in three

pos: Michael Marks after the death of Marks, his son Simon Marks, later the first Baron Marks of Broughton, laid the foundations for a long tradition. He introduced the "St Michael" brand name in honour of his father, and it was in use until 2000. Michael Marks Michael Marks (Polish: "Michał Marks"; – 31 December 1907), was a Polish-Jewish businessman, entrepreneur and one of the two co-founders of the British retail chain Marks & Spencer. Marks was born into a Polish-Jewish family in Słonim, in the Russian partition of Poland, and after 1945 in Belarus. He emigrated to England around 1882 and moved

pos: N. Corah & Sons steam powered beam engine, which was started for the first time on 13 July 1865. By this time the firm had expanded its product range beyond hosiery. In the 1870s, for instance, it began producing football and rugby jerseys, in addition to a range of men and women's garments. The firm was the first company to develop a relationship with Marks & Spencer, a well-known British retailer. The latter's St Michael brand, which it used from 1928 until 2000, was inspired by Corah's use of "St Margaret" as a label for its clothing. The "St Margaret" label was one of

pos: George Davies (retailer) @ Asda brand had officially become the UK's biggest selling clothing retailer, taking over from Marks & Spencer, with a 10% UK market share. As one of the top three recognised brands in the UK, Marks & Spencer had a traditionally strong selling women's clothing line. But in 2000 in light of developing fashion trends driven by distinct brands, needed to develop a new approach in their retail format. Introduced to chairman Luc Vandevelde and CEO Roger Holmes through a mutual friend, Davies was given the brief to develop a high-touch and distinct brand/line of clothing which would appeal to

pos: Luc Vandevelde of the "&more" credit and loyalty card. In March 2000 he dropped the St Michael logo and rebranded as Marks & Spencer. Luc was Senior Independent Director of Vodafone Group plc and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He retired from the Vodafone Board in September 2015 following 12 years as a Non-Executive Director. Luc was a Board Member of Bank Société Générale until May 2012 Luc is the Founder and Chairman of Change Capital Partners, a specialist Private Equity firm focused on consumer related businesses. Among companies successfully exited are Jil Sander; Hillarys Blinds; Hallhuber and Macduff Shellfish. He is

pos: Marks & Spencer was part of the inspiration behind the 'Portfolio' brand. The men's Autograph brand was then launched in 2000 and continues to this day. In 2004, Sir Stuart Rose axed a number of brands including the menswear brand "SP Clothing", the "View From" sportswear range, the David Beckham children's range "DB07" and several food lines as he thought the company's stock inventory management had become 'too complicated'. A version of Per Una aimed at teenagers, "Per Una Due", was also discontinued, despite having launched earlier in the year, due to poor sales. The company also began to sell branded goods like

neg: Marks & Spencer bought the brand in a £125 million, two-year service contract with George Davies. Mr Davies was to stay on for at least two years to run the company, with 12 months notice required if he wished to leave. The "St Michael" brand was introduced by Simon Marks in 1928 in honour of his father and co-founder of Marks & Spencer, Michael Marks. By 1950, virtually all goods were sold under the St Michael brand. M&S lingerie, women's clothing and girls' uniform were branded under the "St Margaret" brand, until the whole range of general merchandise became St Michael. The synthetic

neg: St Michael (brand) In order to protect their other distribution channels Corahs sought to develop an alternative brand name for their goods sold through Marks and Spencer. The name agreed by Simon Marks was St Michael, possibly after his father and co-founder of Marks & Spencer, Michael Marks but also because it was clearly linked in the public mind with the "St Margaret" brand which had a reputation for quality. The name was introduced in 1927 and originally applied only to products produced by Corahs but by 1950 and for the next fifty years, virtually all goods in Marks and Spencers were sold

neg: M&S Bank by both the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. It subscribes to the Lending Code. M&S Bank Marks & Spencer Financial Services plc, trading as M&S Bank, is a retail bank operating in the United Kingdom. It was formed as the financial services division of the British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) in 1985, and has been operated by HSBC Bank since it was sold in 2004. The bank launched as St Michael Financial Services in 1985, using Marks & Spencer's main brand at the time. It subsequently operated under the M&S Money brand from 2003 and later

neg: M&S Bank M&S Bank Marks & Spencer Financial Services plc, trading as M&S Bank, is a retail bank operating in the United Kingdom. It was formed as the financial services division of the British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) in 1985, and has been operated by HSBC Bank since it was sold in 2004. The bank launched as St Michael Financial Services in 1985, using Marks & Spencer's main brand at the time. It subsequently operated under the M&S Money brand from 2003 and later adopted the M&S Bank name. M&S Bank provides services including current accounts, savings and credit products, as

neg: Marks & Spencer Kellogg's Corn Flakes in November 2008. Following a review by Marc Bolland in 2011, M&S confirmed it would begin to reduce the number of branded items on sale, instead offering only those that it did not have an M&S alternative for. During the height of the company's troubles at the beginning of the 21st century, the "St Michael" brand used as the selling label for all M&S products was discontinued in favour of "Marks & Spencer" and a new logo in the Optima typeface was introduced and began to appear in place of "St Michael" on product packaging. The same

neg: M&S Bank well as insurance. Marks & Spencer launched St Michael Financial Services in 1985, operating its "Chargecard" store card. It was renamed Marks & Spencer Financial Services in 1988, and Marks and Spencer Unit Trust Management was established to provide unit trust funds. The company introduced the M&S Money brand in 2003, at the time that Marks & Spencer began to introduce its "Your M&S" branding. In 2004, as part of an effort to reduce costs and return money to shareholders, Marks & Spencer reached an agreement to sell the company to HSBC for £580 million. Under the terms of the

neg: Marks & Spencer from this policy in the 1990s.) It entered into long-term relationships with British manufacturers, and sold clothes and food under the "St Michael" brand, which was introduced in 1928. The brand honours Michael Marks. It also accepted the return of unwanted items, giving a full cash refund if the receipt was shown, no matter how long ago the product was purchased, which was unusual for the time. M&S staff raised £5,000 to pay for a Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft called "The Marksman" in 1941. By 1950, virtually all goods were sold under the "St Michael" label. M&S lingerie, women's clothes

neg: Marks & Spencer whilst food sales have increased after the axing of the "St. Michael" naming for their own brand. On 22 May 2018, it was confirmed that over 100 stores will have closed by 2022 in a "radical" plan. Whether more stores will close is yet to be confirmed. The company was founded by a partnership between Michael Marks, a Polish Jew from Słonim (Marks was born into a Polish-Jewish family, a Polish refugee living in the Russian Empire, now in Belarus), and Thomas Spencer, a cashier from the English market town of Skipton in North Yorkshire. On his arrival in England,

neg: Marks & Spencer logo was also applied to store fascias and carrier bags. The "St Michael" name was subsequently adopted as a 'quality guarantee' and appeared as the "St Michael Quality Promise" on the back of food products, on the side of delivery vehicles and on in-store ordering receipts. When Steve Sharp joined as marketing director in 2004, after being hired by new Chief Executive Sir Stuart Rose, he introduced a new promotional brand under the "Your M&S" banner, with a corresponding logo. M&S has always run newspaper and/or Magazine ads since the early 1950s, but the introduction of some famous stars such

neg: N. Corah & Sons aware of the relationship and removed Corah's name from its list of approved suppliers. Soon other manufacturers began to deal with retailers directly, and so the impact of being blacklisted was limited. The advantage of dealing directly with Marks & Spencer was that it allowed longer production runs to be organised, which were more profitable, and allowed manufacturer and retailer to work together closely to produce high-quality products. This quality was a hallmark of the "St Michael" brand. Corah maintained a design room until at least the 1960s, which enabled it to present customers such as Marks & Spencer with

neg: Loblaw Companies jams began appearing in the familiar yellow and black generic packaging. When President’s Blend Gourmet Coffee was launched in time for Christmas 1983, it was soon outselling every other grocery item on Loblaws shelves. Nichol concluded that consumers wanted to go up-market and the decision was made to develop an entire line of upscale products under its own private label brand. Modelled on the Marks & Spencer St. Michael in-house brand, and touted as being equal to or better in quality than competing national brands at less money, President’s Choice was personally endorsed by Nichol as president of Loblaw Supermarkets.

neg: Thomas Spencer (Marks and Spencer) Thomas Spencer (Marks and Spencer) Thomas Spencer (1852 – 25 July 1905) was a founder of Marks & Spencer, a major British retailer. Spencer was born in Skipton, Yorkshire and married Agnes Spencer Whitfield at St Saviour, Cross Green, Leeds in 1892. He was a cashier from the wholesale company I.J Dewhirst and in 1884 he joined Michael Marks to form Marks & Spencer. Spencer decided that the £300 required for a half-share in the business would be a good investment. The running of the business was split between Spencer, who managed the office and warehouse, and Marks, who continued

neg: Corporation Street, Manchester House, comprising a Marks & Spencer store and a six-storey office block; Longridge House, offices for Royal and Sun Alliance, an insurance company; and the Arndale Centre, a shopping mall. Michael House was deemed beyond economic repair and demolished. Marks & Spencer took the opportunity to acquire and demolish the adjacent Longridge House, using the enlarged site for the world's biggest branch of Marks & Spencer. Marks and Spencer's fortunes changed during construction, and Selfridges subsequently co-occupied the building. Marks & Spencer became tenants of part of the Lewis's store in the interval. The frontage of the Arndale was badly

neg: President's Choice In fact, Dave Nichol's association with the product line would extend to almost every aspect of marketing, including the President's Choice logo, which was Nichol's own handwriting. In developing a line of store brand products, Loblaw looked to one of Great Britain's leading merchandisers for inspiration. "Nichol remembered seeing how London retailer Marks & Spencer had featured its own brand, St. Michael, which was not only less expensive but also higher in quality than the leading brands." For Nichol, private labels represented not only a marketing opportunity, in addition to higher margins, but also a way of becoming less dependent

neg: Baker Street based at 94 Baker Street from 1967 to 1968. A significant robbery of a branch of Lloyds Bank took place on Baker Street in 1971. For many years the head office of Marks & Spencer, formerly the United Kingdom's largest retailer, was at "Michael House" (named in parallel with the group's "St Michael" brand), 55 Baker Street, until the company relocated to the Paddington Basin in 2004. This was one of the best known corporate buildings in the United Kingdom, and has since been redeveloped as a modern office complex by London & Regional Properties to a design by Make

neg: St Michaels railway station Garston and Liverpool Railway line between Brunswick and Garston Dock. In 1865 the station and line were incorporated into the Cheshire Lines Committee. The station closed in 1972 but reopened in 1978 as part of the Kirkby–Garston line of the Merseyrail system. The reopening of the station was part-funded by Marks and Spencer, because of that company's use of the "St Michael" brand; this is recognised by a plaque at the site. Services were extended from Garston to Hunts Cross in 1983, and diverted to Southport instead of Kirkby in 1984. From 11 December 2006 the Monday-Saturday evening service was

neg: Marks & Spencer and girls' school uniform were branded under the "St Margaret" label until the whole range of general merchandise became "St Michael". Simon Marks, son of Michael Marks, died in 1964, after fifty-six years' service. Israel Sieff, the son-in-law of Michael Marks, took over as chairman and in 1968, John Salisse became the company Director. A cautious international expansion began with the introduction of Asian food in 1974. M&S opened stores in continental Europe in 1975 and in Ireland four years later. The company put its main emphasis on quality, including a 1957 stocking size measuring system. For most of its

neg: Marks & Spencer M&S had 10 sub-brands within womenswear and 6 sub-brands within menswear, following a reduction in brands. Marks & Spencer were selling clothes under the "St Margaret" and "St Michael" label by the mid-1950s and launched their school uniforms in the early 1950s, but would be scrapped in the early 2000s as part of the corporate modernisation plan. Within Marks & Spencer's food ranges, it first pioneered boil-in-the-bag and sachet meals in 1972. The company also sells main meals, lunches, sweets and other savoury items. It launched its "Percy Pigs" sweets in 1995, and the billionth "Percy Pig" sweet was sold

neg: Brooks Brothers the retail conglomerate Garfinckel, Brooks Brothers, Miller & Rhoads, Inc., that held the company until 1981 when it was acquired by Allied Stores. Brooks Brothers was acquired by the British firm, Marks & Spencer, in 1988. In 2001, Marks & Spencer sold Brooks Brothers to Retail Brand Alliance ("RBA"), now known as The Brooks Brothers Group, a company privately owned by Italian billionaire Claudio del Vecchio (son of Luxottica founder Leonardo del Vecchio). Along with Brooks Brothers, RBA comprises Carolee, a designer of jewelry for department stores and specialty stores. In 2007, RBA sold its high end women's brand Adrienne

neg: Thomas Spencer (Marks and Spencer) Spencer became a limited company. Spencer's original £300 investment had grown to a value of £15,000 and he retired later that year. Spencer's wife Agnes was born in the village of Marton, now a part of Middlesbrough. The couple met and married in Leeds. Agnes funded charitable work such as the Church of St Agnes in Easterside, Middlesbrough. She died in 1959 and is buried in the graveyard of St Cuthbert's Parish Church in Marton. Thomas Spencer (Marks and Spencer) Thomas Spencer (1852 – 25 July 1905) was a founder of Marks & Spencer, a major British retailer. Spencer was

neg: Marks & Spencer a direct underground link to a new metro station. M&S core shops typically feature a selection of the company's clothing ranges and an M&S food hall. The range of clothing sold and the space given to it depends on the location and customer demographic (an example would be that some London shops do not stock the Classic Collection, but stock Limited Collection and a full Autograph range). Most core shops feature a Food hall. The current store format was designed by Urban Salon Architects in 2009. All the St Michael Food hall supermarkets were renamed "M&S Food hall" when Marks

neg: Stephen Williams (fashion designer) to transform the traditional Savile Row tailoring into something more contemporary. Williams stopped working as a tailor and designer for seven years when he modelled full-time for Next, Marks and Spencer, and various modelling agencies. In 2006 Williams returned to the tailoring world with his own brand, Terence Trout, creating suits for David Beckham, James Caan, David Haye, Michael Portillo and Jermaine Jackson. He also made suits for David Beckham’s three sons. Lucia Van Der Post of "FT How to Spend it" fame once said; "For several years he’s been a little-known secret, as his telephone number was passed around

neg: Marks & Spencer fibre Tricell was first used in 1957 and lasted until the 1970s. and another synthetic fibre called Courtelle was first launched, nationally, by Marks & Spencer during 1960 and also lasted well into the 1970s. Machine washable wool first appeared in 1972 and Lycra hosiery first came in during 1986. M&S launched their own brands of domestic products, such as washing powder and aluminium foil in 1972, under the brand name of 'House-care'. The 1996–1997 'Orient Express Tagged' brand was the first of numerous new brands, most of which were in feminine and children's clothes. The 'Orient Express Tagged' brand

neg: CBBC however its availability on digital terrestrial (Freeview) was dependent upon BBC Red Button not showing other interactive services, such as major sports events coverage. This was dropped from the Red Button service in April 2016. Numerous CBBC/CBeebies programmes have been released on VHS. In 1981, the BBC released two children's compilations with the Smallfilms television shows that Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin did for the BBC since their TV broadcasts in the 1970s. In 1985, Marks & Spencer released a compilation video (as part of the St Michael Video Library Range) called "Cartoon Favourites" as A BBC Video Presentation with

neg: Marks & Spencer Spencer. The pair were allocated stall numbers 11 & 12 in the centre aisle in 1903, and there they opened the famous Penny Bazaar. The company left Birkenhead Market on 24 February 1923. The next few years saw Michael Marks and Tom Spencer open market stalls in many locations around the North West of England and move the original Leeds Penny Bazaar to 20, Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester. Marks and Spencer, known colloquially as "Marks and Sparks", or "M&S", made its reputation in the early 20th century with a policy of only selling British-made goods (it started to back down

neg: Marks & Spencer Marks & Spencer Marks & Spencer Group plc (also known as M&S) is a major British multinational retailer headquartered in the City of Westminster, London. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It specialises in the selling of clothing, home products and luxury food products. M&S was founded in 1884 by Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer in Leeds. The company also began to sell branded goods like Kellogg's Corn Flakes in November 2008. M&S currently has 979 stores across the U.K. including 615 that only sell food products. In 1998,

neg: Stirling Cooper Robinson and a wholesale showroom servicing 30 in-store concessions nationally, as well as licensing and distribution deals internationally. South African-born Michael Conitzer, who had joined Stirling Cooper in 1972 after training at Marks & Spencer, went on to become managing director. In 1980, he began to market a range of condoms in the stores which later became the Jiffi brand. Paul Dass bought the Stirling Cooper business in 1992 and decided to move it back to its original focus on working with up-and-coming designers. Initially he recruited Bella Freud, who spent a year with the brand producing signature pieces such

neg: Chartered Financial Analyst merely discussed the trademark violation. The Indian Association of Investment Professionals is the only organization in India which is affiliated with CFA Institute. CFA Institute trademark rights to the "CFA" and "Chartered Financial Analyst" brands have been recognized in India by the Delhi High Court. Further, the Delhi High Court issued an interim injunction ordering ICFAI and its affiliated Council of Chartered Financial Analysts to stop using CFA Institute trademarks. The Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks did recently determine that a trademark registration issued to CFA Institute for the "CFA" brand must be republished because of an error by the

neg: M&S Bank sale, it was agreed that M&S and HSBC would share profits from M&S Money until at least 2019. In 2012, M&S Bank began to open branches within existing Marks & Spencer retail stores. M&S Bank provides a range of banking, credit and insurance products to personal customers, and operates a number of branches within M&S stores. More recently it launched its brand of mortgages. It also provides internet banking services. As the company is a subsidiary of HSBC, it uses the M&S brand under licence from Marks & Spencer. M&S Bank is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated

neg: Simon Marks, 1st Baron Marks of Broughton Simon Marks, 1st Baron Marks of Broughton Simon Marks, 1st Baron Marks of Broughton (9 July 1888–8 December 1964), was a British Jewish businessman. Marks was born in the Leylands, Leeds, on 9 July 1888, son of Michael Marks and Hannah Cohen. and educated at Manchester Grammar School. In 1907, he inherited a number of "penny bazaars" from his father, which had been established with Thomas Spencer. With the help of Israel Sieff, he built Marks & Spencer into an icon of British business. He was knighted in 1944 and in 1961 was raised to the peerage as Baron Marks

neg: Value brands in the United Kingdom i.e. Asda's "Chosen by You" or Sainsbury's "by Sainsbury's". Departing from earlier practice, the chain rebranded their entry level range of products as "essential Waitrose". The marketing of "essential Waitrose" centres around the tagline "quality you'd expect at prices you wouldn't". 1,600 new and existing products have been rebranded with this name using simple white-based packaging. In 2012, Marks and Spencer issued their value brand, Simply M&S, in response to Waitrose's Essential range. Nowadays, even the budget retailers have value brands. Everyday Essentials is a value brand by Aldi. It was going to be rolled out in June 2012, however

neg: Michael Marks Michael Marks Michael Marks (Polish: "Michał Marks"; – 31 December 1907), was a Polish-Jewish businessman, entrepreneur and one of the two co-founders of the British retail chain Marks & Spencer. Marks was born into a Polish-Jewish family in Słonim, in the Russian partition of Poland, and after 1945 in Belarus. He emigrated to England around 1882 and moved to Leeds, where a company called Barran was known to employ Jewish refugees. He married Hannah Cohen at the Great Synagogue on Belgrave Street, Leeds, in 1886. His date of birth is unknown; his naturalisation papers say 1859, but his age on

neg: Michael Marks the business was split between Spencer, who managed the office and warehouse, and Marks, who continued to run the market stalls. Spencer had developed some important contacts while working for Isaac Dewhirst, and these allowed him to get the best prices for goods by dealing directly with the manufacturers. Together, Spencer and Marks were able to open stores in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Sheffield, Bristol, Hull, Sunderland and Cardiff. A new warehouse in Manchester was built in 1897. This store became the centre of a business empire that by then included thirty-six branches. New stores had been built in Bradford,

neg: Retail in the Republic of Ireland VG format introduced by the Musgrave Group in 1960, becoming Centra (and SuperValu) in 1979. Other convenience store formats include SPAR, owned in Ireland by BWG, Mace, and ADM Londis. Smaller convenience store formats include XL Stop and Shop, Costcutter, and Vivo. A small number of symbol groups which provide branded goods, but not shop formats and signage (like the "Homestead brand"), still persist, but are gradually dying out. Tesco also operate a small number of "Tesco Ireland Local" and "Tesco Express" stores, and Marks and Spencer operate several smaller convenience stores under the "Simply Food" banner. The Eason chain

neg: Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd concurred, saying that he did not see a substantive difference between Lord Neuberger's approach and Lord Hoffmann's approach in "AG of Belize". Lord Clarke gave a concurring judgment. Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd [2015] UKSC 72 is an English contract law case, concerning the implication of terms in commercial contracts, and business tenancies agreed between multinational corporations. Marks & Spencer, which was subleasing ‘The Point’ in Paddington Basin, W2 from BNP Paribas, claimed there should be an implied right

neg: Aquascutum was the Aquascutum ready-to-wear licence holder in Japan with retail value of €50 million. In April 2006, Aquascutum appointed Kim Winser as president and chief executive officer. Winser is a veteran of the British apparel industry, having worked for Marks & Spencer and Pringle of Scotland. The current heads of design are Michael Herz and Graeme Fidler, who won numerous awards including GQ style awards. The brand, famous for its suiting range, modelled by Pierce Brosnan and Brett Anderson, also offers tailoring by Savile Row tailor Nick Hart. Gisele Bündchen and Jamie Dornan modeled Aquascutum designs and vintage pieces. Homeland

neg: Stuart Spencer (footballer) 1960 at Launceston. He was adjudged best on ground and kicked the game-sealing score. Spencer's coaching did not stop with Clarence, he also coached St. Virgil's College to three successive state independent school's premierships. Spencer was president of the Clarence Football Club for two terms and was a member of the board of management in 1979. Spencer was president of the Melbourne Football Club from 1986 to 1991, overseeing their first Grand Final appearance for 24 years in 1988. At age 74 Spencer still worked as the managing director of the Greens Group, a Hobart removals and storage company. Spencer

neg: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley (born 18 April 1987) is an English model, actress, designer, and businesswoman. She is best known for her work for lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret, formerly being one of their brand "Angels", for being the face of Burberry's 2011 brand fragrance "Burberry Body", for her work with Marks & Spencer, and, most recently, for her artistic collaboration with denim-focused fashion brand Paige. Moving into acting, she became known for her supporting roles as Carly Spencer in the 2011 film "", the third installment in the "Transformers" film series, and as The Splendid Angharad in the 2015

neg: Michael Donnellan (fashion designer) into couture throughout the 1960s. As hemlines rose and customers moved from couture to ready-to-wear, Donnellan moved too. Although he did not close his couture house until 1971 – a period described by "The Times" as "fashion anarchy" – he had begun consulting to mainstream and mid-price retailers, notably Marks & Spencer, from the 1960s. In April 1965, it was reported that he had "edited' Marks & Spencer's first ever export collection in his role as the brand's consultant, an association announced at the start of that year. In his work for the dynamic mainstream fashion industry that was developing

neg: Holbeach St Marks holds a bellcote. T. H. White was once a resident at the village’s New Inn public house. The village school is the Holbeach St Mark's Church of England Primary School for mixed gender 4 to 11 year olds, providing for pupils in the village and surrounding area. Holbeach St Marks was home to the Tinsley Food plant, a major county employer supplying Safeway and Marks and Spencer. In 2001 it closed its factory with the loss of 850 jobs. Holbeach St Marks Holbeach St Marks is a fenland village in the South Holland district of southern Lincolnshire, England. It is

neg: Percy Pig the sweet is sold under the name "Fred Ferkel". The Dutch variant are called "Katja Biggetjes", also not produced by Marks and Spencer but are identical to the British Percy Pig sweets. In France, a sweet very similar to the British Percy Pig, "Petit Cochon", was launched by the K. Boughton Company in November 2007. In Australia, supermarket Coles launched the sweet as 'Peggy pig and pals' in 2009. Marks and Spencer has developed Percy Pig into a brand in its own right. New Percy-themed lines have included Percy Pig socks, ties, toy cars, biscuit barrels, Advent calendars, bed linen,

neg: Lewis's purchased stores). Sir Philip Green revived the selling of toys on a large scale, by launching the brand Kids HQ in four Lewis's Owen Owen Stores, including those in Liverpool and Manchester. The Leicester branch traded independently for a short while, following a management buyout, as 'Lewis's of Leicester', before eventually closing. Other branches including the Birmingham store closed down. After the 1996 Manchester bombing by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) in Manchester, trading space in Lewis's was rented to Marks & Spencer and other smaller retailers displaced following heavy damage to the Corn Exchange. Both Marks & Spencer

neg: Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport they too were dropped. From the early 1990s to the 2000s (decade), KLM operated 747 and MD-11 service from Amsterdam to Minneapolis–St. Paul. In part because of the Delta/KLM joint venture, KLM did not serve Minneapolis–St. Paul with its own aircraft between 2004 and March 2017, when service resumed. Beginning in the summer of 2013 Air France commenced non-stop, seasonal flights from Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport to Minneapolis–St. Paul using Airbus A340-300 aircraft. Service switches to a Boeing 777-200ER in 2019. Condor Airlines began non-stop seasonal service to Minneapolis–St. Paul from Frankfurt in the summer of 2014 using 767-300's. Great

neg: Michael Marks penny. Next to the stall was a poster with the words "Don't Ask the Price, It's a Penny". Over the next few years, Marks expanded his business and opened similar stalls in covered market halls all over Yorkshire and Lancashire. In 1894, Marks decided that if he was to expand the business further he would need a business partner. He initially approached Isaac Dewhirst, who decided against the offer but suggested that his cashier Thomas Spencer might be interested. Spencer decided that the £300 () required for a half-share in the business would be a good investment. The running of

neg: John Sacher of the Westminster Forum, and founder of the Whitehall and Industry Group. Simon John Sacher was born on 9 June 1940. He was the great grandson of Michael Marks, one of the founders of Marks & Spencer. He received his advanced education at Oxford University from where he graduated with a degree in law. After university, Sacher joined the merchant bankers Samuel Montagu but left fairly soon for the retailers Marks & Spencer where he spent thirty years, including 25 years as a director. In 1993, he was reported by "The Times" to have made a profit of more than

neg: Anna Garlin Spencer girls only work a few years, from when they are old enough to hold a job until marriage. With the brief work experience, women are not taking advantage of education. Because women know they are only going to spend a brief period in the workforce, they settle for low-paying jobs and poor working conditions. She believes receiving an education only to stop working and stop using this education after marriage is a waste of the education. She advocates that women return to work part-time after child-bearing. She also acknowledges women's right to independence. Anna Garlin Spencer Anna Garlin Spencer (April

neg: Birkenhead in the town's population by 1841 led to the opening on 11 July 1845 of a much expanded market on a larger site nearby. This market hall was built by Fox, Henderson & Co, who later built The Crystal Palace. Michael Marks, of Marks & Spencer, opened one of his first seven 'Penny Bazaar' stalls here during the 1880s. On 31 January 2018, Marks & Spencer announced the closure of their store, in the town centre of Birkenhead, happening in April. During the 1970s, the commercial centre of the town was redeveloped around the principal shopping area of Grange Road.

neg: 1996 Manchester bombing bombing received a total of £1,145,971 in compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority; one individual received £146,524, the largest amount awarded as a result of this incident. According to Home Office statistics, an estimated 400 businesses within half a mile (0.8 km) of the blast were affected, 40% of which did not recover. The heaviest damage was sustained by the three buildings nearest the bomb: Michael House, comprising a Marks & Spencer store and a six-storey office block; Longridge House, offices for Royal and Sun Alliance, an insurance company; and the Arndale Centre, a shopping mall. Michael House was

neg: Michael Marks Leicester, Northampton, Preston, and Swansea. London had a total of seven branches. On 5 May 1897, Marks was naturalised as a British subject. In 1903 Marks & Spencer became a limited company. Spencer's original £300 investment had grown to a value of £15,000 (), and he retired later that year. Michael Marks continued to develop the business until his death at the age of 48, at Knoll House, 396 Bury New Road, Salford, on 31 December 1907. He was buried in the Old Jewish cemetery (Hebrew Congregation), Crumpsall, in plot number 1917 on 2 January 1908. In the 1930s, long

neg: Marks & Spencer Marks worked for a company in Leeds, called Barran, which employed refugees (see Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet). In 1884 he met Isaac Jowitt Dewhirst while looking for work. Dewhirst lent Marks £5 which he used to establish his Penny Bazaar on Kirkgate Market, in Leeds. Dewhirst also taught him a little English. Dewhirst's cashier was Tom Spencer, a bookkeeper, whose second wife, Agnes, helped improve Marks' English. In 1894, when Marks acquired a permanent stall in Leeds' covered market, he invited Spencer to become his partner. In 1901 Marks moved to the Birkenhead open market where he amalgamated with

neg: Silhouette (lingerie) Blumenau families, Silhouette continued to grow and by 1969, it owned five factories and employed 1,900 people. The Silhouette brand was sold in 61 countries and the firm was a main supplier for Marks and Spencer, as well as being the largest swimwear manufacturer in Britain. Its popularity was helped by its reputation for excellent fit. In 1981, Silhouette was sold to M.T.M., which owned Spencer's, an established company known for their made-to-measure corsetry. They recognised that the fashionable Silhouette brand would complement their own, more traditional product. Silhouette production was transferred to the Spencer factory in Banbury. During the

neg: Let Toys Be Toys to remove all ’boys’ and ‘girls’ toys signage in their stores, and a promise from Marks and Spencer to make all their toy ranges inclusive. By December 2013, one year after the launch of Let Toys Be Toys, half of the 14 major retailers contacted by the campaign had already removed in-store ‘girls’ and boys’ signage and stopped using gendered labelling on their own-brand toy packaging; a further five were taking steps to do so. A pre-Christmas survey of toyshops in the UK and Ireland conducted by Let Toys Be Toys supporters in November 2013 showed a 60% reduction in

neg: Marks & Spencer these stores are open longer and are highly convenient for customers on the move". The Simply Food brand has been phased out in all stand-alone larger stores since the rebrand in 2015 and the stores have now been branded as "M&S Foodhall." Products could be ordered online since the mid-2000s, in response to Tesco launching their pioneering Tesco.com home shopping delivery service in the early 2000s. Both Tesco, M&S and others are expanding rapidly into this new niche market. The online flower service was accused of unfair trading and using Google to piggy-back advertise on online searches aimed at Interflora

neg: Michael Donnellan (fashion designer) Michael Donnellan (fashion designer) Michael Donnellan (1915–1985) – best known as Michael of Carlos Place and simply Michael – was an Irish-born fashion designer who headed the house of Lachasse from 1941, before running a successful eponymous couture house in London from 1953 to 1971. From the 1960s on, he combined the role of couturier with consultancy to mainstream fashion houses, most notably acting as a key consultant to Marks & Spencer. His obituary of 1985 in "The Times" described his label as "the last great English tailoring house", saying also that Donnellan's death: "marks the end of an era".

neg: Percy Pig in 1992 and was sold in strawberry and raspberry flavours. After a brief hiatus from the shelves in 1997, the brand returned, and in 2008 the sweets made UK Vogue's 2008 hot list at number 11 on the top style bible's 40 hottest people and trends to watch over the coming months. A Percy Pig appreciation society has been set up on Facebook and currently has 250,000 members. Marks & Spencer Percy Pig sweets did contain real pig in the form of pork gelatin, as opposed to pectin, a common vegetarian alternative found widely in sweets and jellies. Nowadays most

neg: Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd [2015] UKSC 72 is an English contract law case, concerning the implication of terms in commercial contracts, and business tenancies agreed between multinational corporations. Marks & Spencer, which was subleasing ‘The Point’ in Paddington Basin, W2 from BNP Paribas, claimed there should be an implied right to recover money that it had paid under its lease when it exercised the right to terminate. The basic rent was £919,800 a year, plus VAT, and a

neg: Cheetham, Manchester the estate of Cheetham passed to other families, including the Chethams and Pilkingtons. By the early 20th century, the southern end of Cheetham had a large Jewish population, and nine synagogues. Michael Marks was a Jewish immigrant who lived in Cheetham Hill with his family. He and Thomas Spencer opened the first Marks and Spencer store on Cheetham Hill Road in 1893. The business grew considerably over following years and in 1901 the company's first headquarters was built on Derby Street. During the Madchester phase of the history of Manchester, narcotic trade in the city became "extremely lucrative" and in

neg: Adam Sieff Adam Sieff Adam Michael Sieff (born April 1954) is a British music consultant and former head of jazz for the UK and Europe for Sony Music. He was head of sales and marketing for Gearbox Records which specialises in the release of previously unheard jazz recordings. As of April 2017 he is creative consultant for Margate Jazz. He is the son of Teddy Sieff, the Marks and Spencer heir. Adam Sieff was born in April 1954 to Joseph "Teddy" Sieff, president of the retailers Marks and Spencer, and his wife Lois Sieff. He was educated at Westminster School (1967–71) where

neg: Flora Solomon Press, a British printing house. Her life was described in her autobiography "A Woman's Way", written in collaboration with Barnet Litvinoff and published in 1984 by Simon & Schuster. Solomon is also remembered for improving employee conditions at Marks & Spencer stores in the UK, which had a profound impact on later government policy in the UK in relation to health care and the welfare state. In 1939, over dinner with Simon Marks, the son of a founder of Marks & Spencer, she complained to him about the company's salary policies. She learned that staff often did not eat lunch

neg: Baird Textile Holdings Ltd v Marks & Spencer plc because estoppel is not capable (in English law as yet) of creating its own cause of action. Also, concerning estoppel, Judge LJ held that “The interesting question…is whether equity can provide a remedy which cannot be provided by contract. It seems clear that the principles of the law of estoppel have not yet been fully developed…” questioning estoppel and the applicability of equity. Richard Field QC, Charles Bear and Herbert Smith acted for Baird and Michael Brindle QC, Andrew Burrows and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer acted for M&S. Baird Textile Holdings Ltd v Marks & Spencer plc Baird Textile Holdings Ltd

neg: Northampton Guildhall there on the death of his father and Diana spent most of her childhood there. A plaque on the eastern extension marks the fact that Diana was made a Freeman of the Borough of Northampton in 1989, marking her and her family's strong connections with the town and with Althorp where she is buried. The plaque below the memorial reads: "The memorial above was unveiled by the 9th Earl Spencer in memory of his sister, 7 November 2002 in the presence of the Mayor of Northampton, Michael Geoffrey Boss". Northampton Guildhall Northampton Guildhall is a building which stands on St

neg: Sayvette time. Sayvette Sayvette was a discount department store in Canada from 1961 to 1977. The chain was announced in February 1961, and launched its first store at Thorncliffe Market Place in a Toronto suburb (now East York Town Centre) that September. Over 70,000 customers passed through the first Sayvette on September 7, 1961. Sayvette City, at the southwest corner of Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue (now Centerpoint Mall), opened in November, claiming to have the largest retail space in Metropolitan Toronto. Sayvette carried St. Michael-branded goods from British department store Marks and Spencer. The chain planned to have at least

neg: Sayvette Sayvette Sayvette was a discount department store in Canada from 1961 to 1977. The chain was announced in February 1961, and launched its first store at Thorncliffe Market Place in a Toronto suburb (now East York Town Centre) that September. Over 70,000 customers passed through the first Sayvette on September 7, 1961. Sayvette City, at the southwest corner of Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue (now Centerpoint Mall), opened in November, claiming to have the largest retail space in Metropolitan Toronto. Sayvette carried St. Michael-branded goods from British department store Marks and Spencer. The chain planned to have at least 20

neg: Laurel Powers-Freeling Finance Director of Lloyds Abbey Life (1994–1997) and joined Lloyds Bank (later Lloyds TSB) when it fully acquired Lloyds Abbey Life (1997–2001), becoming Finance Director of Lloyds TSB Retail Bank, and later the Managing Director of the Wealth Management Division. In 2001 she joined Marks & Spencer Plc as the Chief Executive of its financial services business, also serving as a Group Executive Director on the main board of M&S and overseeing the early development of M&S’s on-line retail offering (www.marksandspencer.com). She launched the M&S Money brand and other products, leaving M&S in 2004 when the financial services business was

neg: Datsun stated that he "regretted that his company did not imprint its corporate name on cars, the way Toyota does. 'Looking back, we wish we had started using Nissan on all of our cars,' he says. 'But Datsun was a pet name for the cars when we started exporting.'" Ultimately, the decision was made to stop using the brand name "Datsun" worldwide, in order to strengthen the company name "Nissan". "The decision to change the name Datsun to Nissan in the U.S. was announced in the autumn (September/October) of 1981. The rationale was that the name change would help the pursuit

neg: SavaCentre and would be integrated under the main Sainsbury's brand. It is believed that the SavaCentre brand name was scrapped because the SavaCentre format had had mixed success over the years, and it left the option for Sainsbury's to launch a substantial non-food offer in its heritage supermarket estate, under its own brand, in the future. 10 of the 13 former SavaCentre hypermarkets now trade as Sainsbury's, and all seven of the former Sainsbury's SavaCentre discount supermarkets now trade as Sainsbury's. The former SavaCentres in London Colney and Merton are now joint-ventures with Marks & Spencer, and have the external fascia

neg: Mr Sherick's Shakes Mr Sherick's Shakes Mr Sherick's Shakes is a brand of milkshake sold mainly in the United Kingdom. Manufactured by Mr Shericks Ltd, it was first launched into the British retail market in 2013 in five varieties, each consisting of a flavoured milkshake base mixed with small pieces of food inclusions. The brand is currently produced in six flavours. The range is stocked by premium retailers including Selfridges, Harrods, Waitrose, Booths and Moto. The brand is eponymously named after its creator Andrew Sherick - a former Marks & Spencer Senior Buyer and ex-Chairman of the British Sandwich Association. In his Buying

neg: Brand (indeed to be expected) if there is a net gain overall. Alternatively, it may be the price the organization is willing to pay for shifting its position in the market; the new product being one stage in this process. Private label brands, also called own brands, or store brands have become popular. Where the retailer has a particularly strong identity (such as Marks & Spencer in the UK clothing sector) this "own brand" may be able to compete against even the strongest brand leaders, and may outperform those products that are not otherwise strongly branded. Designer Private Labels A relatively

neg: Bertha (TV series) of the show. At some point in 1985, Bertha was featured on a Marks and Spencer (St. Michael) exclusive VHS release called "Cartoon Favourites" along with "The Family-Ness", "Ivor the Engine", "Bagpuss" and "Pigeon Street". The "Mouse in the Works" episode of "Bertha" is on this release. On 6 November 1989 one episode of Bertha was on the VHS release which was exclusive to W.H. Smith "Postman Pat and Friends" alongside "Postman Pat" and "Charlie Chalk". On 4 November 1991, one episode of "Bertha" was featured on the BBC VHS release "Postman Pat and Company" alongside "Postman Pat" and "Charlie

neg: Dalek comic strips, illustrated annuals and graphic novels of Daleks as having only one dome light. "Doctor Who & The Daleks Omnibus" (1976) Writers Terry Nation, Terrence Dicks. Artist: uncredited. Artus Publishing Ltd. Hardcover, 160 pages. One comic strip, two illustrated text stories (being abridged versions of the "Planet of the Daleks" and "Genesis of the Daleks" "Doctor Who" TV serial novelisations) and six features. The last frame of the comic strip is a pictorial puzzle for the reader to solve. Produced under the 'St Michael' banner exclusively for retail through the Marks & Spencer chain of UK high street department stores. Dalek Annual 1976 Writers: Uncredited. Artists:

neg: 1996 Manchester bombing deemed beyond economic repair and demolished. Marks & Spencer took the opportunity to acquire and demolish the adjacent Longridge House, using the enlarged site for the world's biggest branch of the store. The company's fortunes changed during construction, and Selfridges subsequently co-occupied the building; Marks & Spencer leased part of the Lewis's store in the interim. The frontage of the Arndale was badly damaged and was removed in a remodelling of that part of the city centre. The glass domes of the Corn Exchange and the Royal Exchange were blown in. The landlord of the Corn Exchange invoked a "force

neg: Sheilagh Brown included BodyMap, Wendy Dagworthy, Betty Jackson, Roland Klein and Sheridan Barnett. In 1988, (some sources say 1990), Brown became head of womenswear design at Marks & Spencer. Writing in "The Guardian", Catherine Wilson said the credit for a turnaround in M&S profits (at record levels in 1993) was with Brown, who had brought in a team of six designers and was using Betty Jackson and Paul Smith as consultants. Marks & Spencer picked up a British Fashion Award in 1995. Brown retired from the role in 2001. Brown taught many of the next generation of fashion designers during her tenure

neg: Non-Stop (film) Marks, however, has Summers and flight attendant Nancy monitor the security cameras while texting the mysterious person to try to identify him. When Hammond is seen using his phone and suddenly goes to the rear toilet, Marks confronts him. Hammond unsuccessfully offers him some of the money and attacks, but Marks accidentally kills him exactly at the 20-minute mark. Marks finds cocaine in his briefcase. He alerts the TSA, but TSA agent Marenick informs him that the bank account is registered in his name and accuses Marks of being the perpetrator. Pilot David McMillan dies, apparently poisoned, at the 40-minute

neg: Mr Sherick's Shakes capacity at Marks & Spencer, Sherick spent years working in milkshake market analytics and had become aware of a gap at the premium end of the market for a highly indulgent milkshake brand. After working with artisan chefs for over four years to develop a range of milkshakes he felt were good enough to fill the market gap he had perceived, he resigned from his 22-year-long employment in 2013 to embark on an entrepreneurial journey to bring his own milkshake brand to market. Mr Sherick's Shakes Mr Sherick's Shakes is a brand of milkshake sold mainly in the United Kingdom.

neg: Charlotte Holmes ten GCSEs (all A*–B) and four A-Levels in biology, French, chemistry and general studies. She then enrolled at Cardiff University to study physiotherapy before dropping out to move to London and pursue a modeling career. Holmes's modeling career started when she was 19, and she is currently represented by MOT Models. She has modeled for brands including Marks & Spencer; has appeared in bridal, fitness and lifestyle magazines; and has been an in-store model for Abercrombie & Fitch for four years. She is also the face of the sports brand Do Unlimited. In June 2007, she won The Face of

neg: Awin Awin Awin is a global affiliate network. Made up of more than 100,000 contributing publishers and 13,000 advertisers, Awin has over 1000 employees in 15 offices worldwide. Awin operates across the retail, telecommunications, travel and finance verticals, working with partners including ASOS, O2, ESI Media, Business Insider, HP, 1&1, and Marks & Spencer. Awin launched on 6th March 2017, unifying the zanox and Affiliate Window networks under one brand. zanox and Affiliate Window belonged to the zanox Group, formed in 2010 following the acquisition of Affiliate Window. The companies operated independently until 2014, when they merged under one management team

neg: Clements Ribeiro where they had enrolled on the MA in fashion led by Wendy Dagworthy. Graduating in 1991 with Firsts and marrying a year later, they established their eponymous brand in 1993. In a joint interview with "The Independent" in 2010, Ribeiro said: "The creation of Clements Ribeiro was a real accident. When we graduated, it was impossible to get a job in London. We went to Milan and hated it, so doing our own thing made sense". In 1994, they were part of a trip to Japan sponsored by the UK's Department of Trade and Industry; Marks & Spencer and Harvey

neg: N. Corah & Sons designs for finished products such as dresses. It even sent clothes to Marks & Spencer already arranged by size so that they could go straight into the store. In the 1970s, the company's trade with Marks & Spencer was worth £20 million per annum – and Corah celebrated the "golden anniversary" of the relationship in 1976. In the twentieth century, Corah expanded beyond Leicester to open branch factories in Barnsley, Scunthorpe, Oakham and Barrie, Ontario. The St Margaret's Works were a major employer in the city of Leicester. Corah had over a thousand employees in 1900, many of whom were

neg: Woodstock (Peanuts) Woodstock the honorary rank of Life Master, and Schulz was delighted. According to the ACBL, only Snoopy was awarded the honor. Woodstock (Peanuts) Woodstock is a fictional character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip "Peanuts". In the early 1960s, Snoopy began befriending birds when they started using his doghouse for various occasions: a rest stop during migrations, a nesting site, a community hall, or a place to play cards. None of these birds was ever given a name, although they did, on occasion (e.g., July 10, 1962), use speech balloons, lettered in what would become the classic 'chicken scratch marks'

neg: Woodstock (Peanuts) Woodstock (Peanuts) Woodstock is a fictional character in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip "Peanuts". In the early 1960s, Snoopy began befriending birds when they started using his doghouse for various occasions: a rest stop during migrations, a nesting site, a community hall, or a place to play cards. None of these birds was ever given a name, although they did, on occasion (e.g., July 10, 1962), use speech balloons, lettered in what would become the classic 'chicken scratch marks' of Woodstock's utterances. What set Woodstock apart from all these earlier birds was the fact that he attached himself to Snoopy

neg: Maurice Spencer Spencer stood in Bournemouth, taking last place with only 15.9% of the vote. Spencer held membership of the 1917 Club and the Fabian Society. He wrote for Sylvia Pankhurst's "New Times and Ethiopia News" in opposition to Italian fascism. He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Maurice Spencer Colonel Maurice Spencer (1863 – 1940) was a British military intelligence officer and political activist. Born in London, Spencer received a degree from Birkbeck College. He then decided to join the British Army, and attended the Graduate Ordnance College, at which he qualified as an

neg: Stop Funding Hate funds, finishing with £102,721 raised. The campaign has called on companies including Aldi, Asda, Barclays, British Airways, Co-op UK, Gillette, Iceland, John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Lego, Virgin Media and Waitrose to stop advertising in newspapers such as "The Sun", the "Daily Mail" and "Daily Express". Stop Funding Hate's first campaign, targeting Virgin Media, claimed that their values were "totally at odds with the Sun’s track record of misleading reporting", and was signed by over 40,000 people. Following their coverage of the high court's November ruling on Brexit, advertisers in the "Daily Mail" were targeted by the campaign and

neg: Melbourne tram route 12 and Route 12 taking its place between Victoria Gardens and St Kilda. The origins of route 12 lie in separate tram lines. The oldest section of track along Spencer Street between Collins and Flinders Street was part of Richmond cable tram line (Melbourne's first ever cable tram line). It opened on 11 November 1885. This section was electrified on 14 July 1927. The following year, Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company (MTOC) opened the North Fitzroy Line between Spencer Street (Stop 1) and St Vincent's Plaza (Stop 12) on 2 October 1886. It was electrified on 8 December 1929. The line

neg: Percy Pig at a certain time Percy Pig Percy Pig is a brand of pig-shaped gummy raspberry, strawberry, cherry, and grape-flavoured confectionery products made under licence in Germany for Marks & Spencer which first appeared in stores in 1992. More than £10,000,000 was grossed between June 2009 and 2010 in Percy Pig sales in Marks and Spencer's UK branches alone. They contain just under 3.5% fruit juice. Until 2008, Percy Pig sweets were available in 100, 200, and 400 grams. The packaging has not changed size, but the middle size now contains 170 grams and the large size now contains 500 grams.

neg: Percy Pig Percy Pig Percy Pig is a brand of pig-shaped gummy raspberry, strawberry, cherry, and grape-flavoured confectionery products made under licence in Germany for Marks & Spencer which first appeared in stores in 1992. More than £10,000,000 was grossed between June 2009 and 2010 in Percy Pig sales in Marks and Spencer's UK branches alone. They contain just under 3.5% fruit juice. Until 2008, Percy Pig sweets were available in 100, 200, and 400 grams. The packaging has not changed size, but the middle size now contains 170 grams and the large size now contains 500 grams. Percy Pig was created

neg: Oliver Cheshire Oliver Cheshire Oliver Luke Cheshire (born 3 June 1988) is an English male fashion model. Cheshire was scouted by Select Model Management at 15 years of age while studying drama. Soon after Cheshire became an overnight success as the new face for Calvin Klein. Cheshire gave up drama studies for a career as a model. In 2008 he did an advertising campaign for Jack Wills in Rajasthan, India. Cheshire has also modelled for Dolce & Gabbana, Missoni, Abercrombie & Fitch, Holl?ister, Vivienne Westwood, Gap and Marks and Spencer. Marks and Spencer announced a 50% increase in the sale of men's

neg: Jeanelle Scheper Rio de Janeiro. She placed 26th in qualifying and did not advance to the finals. She was the flag bearer for St. Lucia during the closing ceremony. Her personal bests in the high jump are 1.96 metres outdoors (Starkville 2015) and 1.91 metres indoors (Fayetteville 2013). Jeanelle Scheper Jeanelle Scheper (born November 21, 1994) is a Saint Lucian high jumper. She is the second athlete from St. Lucia to qualify for the high jump final in the World Championships in Athletics after Lavern Spencer did it starting in 2007 when in 2015 she joined Spencer in the final. She was

neg: Stuart Rose Group, and sold the group for over £800m, netting himself around £25m as part of the deal. Rose received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2007. He was appointed to the position of Chief Executive of Marks & Spencer in May 2004 at the age of 56 and subsequently fought off several takeover bids by Philip Green for the Group. For this role he was paid an annual salary of £1,130,000. Rose appeared to be rejuvenating the Marks & Spencer Group as he did at Arcadia. In January 2007, he was named the "2006 Business Leader of the Year"

neg: Manchester Grammar School listening stations, mainly used to practise the listening parts of national exams. This building was originally the school's Sixth Form block, and was built in 1966–67. The foundation stone was laid by the Queen on the occasion of her visit in 1965. By 1970 the shoddiness of the workmanship and materials used was revealed by the cracks which had already started appearing in the internal walls. It is joined to the main building on the ground floor by the Paton Library. Named after former pupil Simon Marks son of Michael Marks, founder of the Marks & Spencer empire. It is

neg: Vostok watches However, the company did not begin using the "Vostok" brand name until the 1960s. Presumably, the "Vostok" brand was named after the Vostok space programme, as were some other soviet watch brands, namely Poljot and Raketa. The company was appointed an official supplier of watches for the Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union in 1965. This year also marks the creation of the well known "Komandirskie" ("Commander's") watch. The experience gained through development of the army watch led to the "Amphibia", a stainless-steel diving watch able to withstand a 200-metre depth (20atm). By 1980, Vostok Watch Makers was producing

neg: George Michael those things had been love." In 2004, Michael said, "I used to sleep with women quite a lot in the Wham! days but never felt it could develop into a relationship because I knew that, emotionally, I was a gay man. I didn't want to commit to them but I was attracted to them. Then I became ashamed that I might be using them. I decided I had to stop, which I did when I began to worry about AIDS, which was becoming prevalent in Britain. Although I had always had safe sex, I didn't want to sleep with a

neg: St. George's Church, Mylapra stop for a word of prayer and make an offering. Pilgrims of Sabarimala invariably stop to make an offering. It is indeed a heart-warming sight. St. George's Church, Mylapra Mylapra Valiyapalli or St. George Orthodox Church, Mylapra, referred to as Chakkittayil palli (ചക്കിട്ടേൽ പള്ളി) is a pilgrim center located in the village of Mylapra, in the India state of Kerala. The year 52 A.D is dear to the Christian community in kerala as it marks the date when the Apostle Thomas introduced the Gospel to the people in India. He established seven Churches and a chapel before leaving for other