Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city Marks and Spencer set up the first-ever shop that customers could browse in here in Manchester in 1894.
Michael Marks and Tom Spencer swung open the doors to one of their new walk-in stores at 20 Cheetham Hill Road with the slogans 'Don't ask the price, it's a penny' and 'Free Admission' - encouraging customers to browse without any obligation to buy - a brand new concept for the time.
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