M&Co.

{{Short description|Scottish apparel retailer}}

{{for|the design firm|M & Co. (design firm)}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2014}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = M&Co Trading Limited

| trade_name = M&Co

| logo = M&co logo.gif

| type = Private

| founder = Neil McGeoch (pawnbroker)
Len and Iain McGeoch (clothing)

| defunct = {{Start date and age|April 2023|df=yes}} (as a standalone store)

| area_served = United Kingdom
Continental Europe
Middle East

| key_people = Andy McGeoch
{{small|(Chief Executive Officer)}}{{cite news|last1=Nickalls|first1=Amy|title=M&Co to open the store in Hempstead Valley this weekend|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/mco-announce-opening-date-134778/|accessdate=7 November 2017|work=kentonline.co.uk|date=6 November 2017}}

| industry = Retail

| genre =

| products =

| revenue = {{increase}}£193 million (2019){{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/SC036368/filing-history|title=Company Accounts 2019|accessdate= 27 June 2019}}

| operating_income = {{decrease}}£(106,000) (2019)

| net_income = {{decrease}}£(888,000) (2019)

| owner = Andrew Killingsworth (90%)

| num_employees = 3900+ {{cite web|url=http://www.mandco.com/our-history/page/ourhistory|title=Company History – M&Co.|date=|accessdate=15 February 2014}} (2019)

| parent = AK Retail Holdings Ltd
(Since 2024)

| subsid =

| footnotes =

| vector_logo =

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1834|df=yes}} (high street)
{{Start date and age|April 2023|df=yes}} (online)

| location = Inchinnan, Scotland, UK

| homepage = {{URL|www.mandco.com}}

}}

M&Co Trading Limited, trading as M&Co.) is a Scottish online retailer and former high street chain store selling women's, men's, and children's clothes, as well as small homeware products. Its head office is in Inchinnan, Scotland,{{cite web|url=http://www.mandco.com/page/contact|title=Contact Us|publisher=M&Co.|quote="M&Co Web Team Caledonia House 5 Inchinnan Drive Inchinnan Business Park Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9AF"|date=|accessdate=1 February 2012}} though its main buying office is in London.{{cite web|url=http://www.mandco.com/our-history/page/ourhistory|title=Company History – M&Co.|date=|accessdate=15 February 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1186/137830.php|title=M&Co. – 20 Conduit Place, Paddington, London, W2 1HS|date=|accessdate=15 February 2014}} Previously, its head office was at Caledonia House in Paisley.{{cite web|url=http://www.mackays.co.uk/contact.html |title=Contact Us |publisher=Mackays Stores |quote=Mackays Stores Ltd Caledonia House, Caledonia Street, Paisley, PA3 2JP |accessdate=1 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050429052045/http://www.mackays.co.uk/contact.html |archivedate=29 April 2005 }} The company previously operated as Mackays Stores Limited until its 2020 administration, previously trading as Mackays.

Established in 1834 as pawnbrokers, Mackays switched to selling clothes in 1953 by brothers Len and Iain McGeoch. In 2005 the company rebranded as M&Co. to reflect a more modern image.{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12428456.mackays-revamp-pays-off-clothing-empire-records-seventh-consecutive-year-rising-profits|title=Mackays revamp pays off Clothing empire records seventh consecutive year of rising profits|date=21 July 2006|work=The Herald|publisher=Newsquest Media Group}}

The chain operates over 300 stores and also has an online presence.{{cite web|title=Congratulations to M&Co who have risen 349 places in the retail Top 500 websites ranking|url=http://tryzens.com/congratulations-mco-risen-349-places-retail-top-500-websites-ranking/|date=13 February 2015|publisher=tryzens.com|accessdate=7 November 2017}}

M&Co. closed all of its stores in April 2023 and moved to a sole online company.