Press Office

Marks & Spencer continues its expansion

Marks & Spencer continues its expansion
in Central Europe and Baltics

It opens five new shops in CR, SR, Poland and Estonia

(Prague, 2 February, 2009) British retailer chain  Marks & Spencer continues its expansion through Marks
and Spencer Czech Republic a.s. and its subsidiaries. By April 2009, there will be new Marks & Spencer shops opened in Brno, Trencin, Kosice and in Polish town of Poznan. For the first time Marks & Spencer will open in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The expansion will increase the company´s retail space in the region of 7 409 m². It follows the autumn first wave of Marks & Spencer network extension of seven new shops  - namely in Jihlava, Ústí nad Labem, Liberec, Ostrava in the Czech Republic, Bánská Bystrica and Košice in Slovakia and Koszalin in Poland. The total number of Marks & Spencer shops, including the new ones, will reach fifteen in the Czech Republic, four in Slovakia and six in Poland.

Ing. Dušan Mrozek, General Director and Chief Executive, Marks & Spencer Czech Republic, a.s. :

„Marks & Spencer International sales grew of 26.9% in Q3 2008 and we would like to keep up with
this trend in 2009. I am glad that we will create 104 new job opportunities by opening the new shops
in the region. As we have already mentioned in the past, we would like to open approximately 20 new shops
in the upcoming years and strengten our position in the Central Europe and Baltic markets. „

The Marks & Spencer brand is synonymous with the strong brand values of quality, value, service, innovation and trust.  The company continues to build on its reputation for unbeatable quality and value in clothing product for all the family. Marks & Spencer is also known as the world leader in social responsibility management. Its offer includes Fair Trade and Organic products as well as  technological innovations which save customers their time and are environment friendly. Marks and Spencer has also focused on enlarging the offer of its top quality range of childrenswear. The stores offer delicious food, premium and heatlhy ready meals „Chilled to Frozen“, as well as delicious wine from all over the world. Marks & Spencer entire cosmetics is approved animal-testing free under the BUAV’s internationally recognised Humane Cosmetics Standard (HCS).

The Marks & Spencer new stores meet Plan A, the Marks & Spencer worldwide five-year programme of social responsibility. They are equipped with energy saving lights as well as environment friendly air-conditioning. The company also committed itself to reduce production of waste material. In this way Marks & Spencer would like to contribute to elimination of carbon production.

New Marks & Spencer shops - timeline

CZECH REPUBLIC
20 February, 2009            Brno                            Campus Square

780 m², departments:  menswear, womenswear (including Per Una), lingerie, nightwear

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

5 March, 2009 (TBC)          Košice                          Slovan Košice
1826 m², departmens:  menswear, womenswear (including Per Una),  kidswear,  lingerie,  nightwear,
beauty, for the home, food & drink

3 April, 2009                      Trenčín                         Laugaricio Trenčín

900 m², departments:  menswear, womenswear (including Per Una),  lingerie,  nightwear

POLAND

25 March, 2009                 Poznaň                         Malta Poznaň

2 082 m², departments:  menswear, womenswear (including Per Una),  kidswear,  lingerie,  nightwear,  beauty,
for the home, food & drink

ESTONIA

7 May, 2009                      Tallinn                          Rocca al Mare Tallinn

1300 m², departments:  menswear, womenswear (including Per Una), lingerie, nightwear

For more information contact:

Renata Fišerová, Regional Marketing Manager

Marks & Spencer Czech Republic, a.s.

M: (+420) 603 533 233

Email: renata.fiserova@marks-and-spencer.cz

Maja Ošťádalová,  Account Manager

Ogilvy PR, s .r.o.

M: (+420) 602 44 10 10

Email: maja.ostadalova@ogilvy.com.cz

More information also available at www.marks-and-spencer.cz