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Opened shops in numerous city locations. At one time owned by the Forte Group, it was purchased by Jerónimo Martins in 1996. The business struggled in the competitive UK sports market and in 2002 was sold to Sports Direct. Shops were changed to Sports Direct or closed between 2002 and 2012, leaving the Regent Street shop as the sole location.
Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running between Tottenham Court Road and Marble Arch.It marks the notional boundary between the areas of Fitzrovia and Marylebone to the north, with Soho and Mayfair to its immediate south.
Selfridges is a Grade II listed retail premises on Oxford Street in London. It was designed by Daniel Burnham for Harry Gordon Selfridge, and opened in 1909. [1] Still the headquarters of Selfridge & Co. department stores, with 540,000 square feet (50,000 m 2) of selling space, [2] the store is the second largest retail premises in the United Kingdom [1] (after Harrods). [2]
This is a list of department stores of the United Kingdom. In the case of department store groups, the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. The list is broken into "currently trading" (A–Z); "defunct groups" and "defunct" (A–Z).
The historic Daniel Burnham-designed Selfridges flagship store at 400 Oxford Street in London opened on 15 March 1909 and is the second-largest shop in the UK (after Harrods). [3] Other Selfridges stores opened in the Manchester area at the Trafford Centre (1998) and at Exchange Square (2002), and in Birmingham at the Bullring (2003).
Oxford Street receives more than 500,000 visitors every day, according to the statement, and is home to flagship stores such as Selfridges and John Lewis But the world-famous shopping strip has ...
The flagship store on Oxford Street began as a drapery shop, opened by John Lewis in 1864. In 1905 Lewis acquired a second store, Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London.His eldest son, John Spedan Lewis, began the John Lewis Partnership in 1920 after thinking up the idea during his days in charge of Peter Jones.
This category focuses on streets which are notable shopping venues, or have shopping as their main function. ... Oxford Street (14 P) T. Tottenham Court Road (1 C, 4 P)