Reading Task 1. Read the text carefully. Select if the statements are TRUE or FALSE put a fick in an appropriate column and EXPLAIN your choice, Statements True False Explanuncion 1 The Duchess of York goes shopping to M&S, . 2 Michael Marks sold things at a very high price 3. 112 year ago Michael Marks and Tom Spencer met and they started to work in many towns of England Only at M& S Britain's favourite store Marks & Spencer is Britain's favourite store in London it attracts a great variety of customers. The Duchess of York and the British Prime Minister are just a few of its famous customers. Lase year it made a profit of £929 million, which is more than els millis a week It all started 122 years ago, when a young Polish immigrant, Michael Marks, had a stall in Leeds market le did not have many things to sell some cotton, a little wool. many buttons and a few shoelaces. Above his stall he put the now famous notice DON'T ASK HOW MECH IT IS A PENNY Por 1859 many years, the philosophy of M&S didn't change to sell goods al a moderate price Ten years later, he met Tom Spencer and together they started Penny Stalls in many towns of England Today there are over 1300 branches of Nas all over the world in Britain, America, Canada, Spain, France, Belgium, Egypt, Russia, Greece, Finland and Hungary Britain has the majority of the company's stores, 852 stores open their doon for all sorts of customers daily India takes the leading position among the internanonal stores with stores there The store bases its business on three principles good value, good quality and good service in addition, it changes with the times once it was all jumpers and knickers Now it is food, furture and flowers as well The most important key to its success is its happy stair Conditions of work are excellent. There are company doctors, dentists, hairdressers and even chiropodists to look after the shit and all the start can have lunch for fewer than 40 pence!

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