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John Menzies plc (, traditionally ) is a Scottish business established in 1833. It has two main divisions: Menzies Distribution and Menzies Aviation and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. John Menzies ran High Street and railway station shops, particularly in Scotland, through a retail division which dealt in newspapers, magazines, books, stationery and other products which was sold to rival WH Smith in the late 1990s.〔 ==History== The company was founded by John Menzies (1808–1879) of Edinburgh, a Victorian entrepreneur who built up his small newsagent business (established when he was 25 years old) into a national chain. Menzies died at his townhouse, 3 Grosvenor Crescent in Edinburgh's West End〔Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1875-6〕 and was buried in Warriston Cemetery on the north side of the city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warriston Cemetery )〕 In 1988 the business purchased 66 of the Martin Retail Group's largest stores in England, doubling John Menzies' floor-space overnight. These stores (which had previously traded as Martin the Newsagent, Lavells Newsagents, Lewis Meeson, RS McColl, Sperrings, and House of Andrew) were quickly rebranded as Menzies' stores. The retail operation was sold to W H Smith High Street (and some to WHSmith Europe Travel Retail) in 1998 to enable Menzies to concentrate on its distribution business.〔(Menzies sells shops to WH Smith in GBP 64m deal ) Scotland on Sunday, 8 March 1998〕 In 2007 John Menzies merged its newspaper and magazine wholesale distribution businesses in Northern Ireland into a joint venture with Eason & Son to be called EM News Distribution. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Menzies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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