2. TESCO
• The name «Tesco» first appeared in
1924, after Cohen bought a tea party
in their companies in T.E. Stockwell
initials and combined with the first two
letters of his name (Cohen).
• The first Tesco store was opened in
1929 in the county of Middlesex in
North London. His business grew
rapidly, and by 1939 he had more than
100 Tesco stores across the country.
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4. SAINSBURY’S
• Founded in 1869, by John James
Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane,
London, the company became the
largest grocery retailer in 1922, was an
early adopter of self-service retailing in
the United Kingdom, and had its
heyday during the 1980s.
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6. MARKS&SPENCER
• Company Marks & Spencer
founded the Michael Marks -
Jewish immigrants from Slonim
(now the territory of Belarus). He
opened the penny bazaar (Marks
Penny Bazaar) in the port of
Hartlepool (North East England),
which sold pins and other products.
In 1884, Marx moved to Leeds,
where he met with Thomas
Spencer and merged his business
with her.
7. MARKS AND SPENCER
• The new company was named
Marks and Spencer.
The first counter Marks and Spencer
opened in Leeds Kirkgate Market, where
the memory of this event in present time
are gold commemorative watch.
8. BRITISH HOME STORES
• British Home Stores, commonly
abbreviated to BHS and latterly legally
styled BHS Ltd, was a British
department store chain with branches
mainly located in high streets or
shopping centres, primarily selling
clothing and household items. It was
founded in 1928 by a group of U.S.
entrepreneurs.
9. BRITISH HOME STORES
• In its later years, the company
began to expand into furniture,
electronics, entertainment,
convenience groceries and
fragrance and beauty products. The
company had 164 stores
throughout the United Kingdom at
the time it entered administration,
and 74 international stores across
18 separate territories
