M&S

English Proper noun en w:Marks & Spencer, a British multinational retailer. en Marks<l:colloquial> Marks & Sparks<l:colloquial> 6 March 2004 Sarah Ryle Prayer on a G-string at Marks https://web.archive.org/web/20140912234813/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/mar/07/shopping The G-string comment was followed by the declaration that the clothes need to stand up to scrutiny in Milan and Paris and that M&S should go abroad to grow. 4 October 2008 w:Hadley Freeman Absolutely fabulous https://web.archive.org/web/20191017180604/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/04/fashion.marksspencer [S]he Patricia Field says "of course" she'd heard of M&S: "People told me, if you go to London, you've got to buy some Marks & Spencer underwear." 11 November 2023 Ellie Violet Bramley How M&S regained its place as UK’s top womenswear retailer https://web.archive.org/web/20231111120851/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2023/nov/11/how-ms-regained-its-place-as-uks-top-womenswear-retailer Where once M&S was seen as a purveyor of clothes that were at best inoffensive or else labelled – in a somewhat sexist manner – “frumpy”, now it is appealing to women who have one eye on Vogue and another on value. en eponyms