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Harrods is a British luxury department store founded in 1849 by Charles Henry Harrod, located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. [4] It is one of the most famous department stores in the world, attracting 15 million visitors annually as of 2023. [5]
The Harrods Furniture Depository buildings flank the south bank of the River Thames near Hammersmith Bridge in Barnes, London, England, built on the site of an old soap factory in 1894 as a storage centre for the larger items that could not be taken into Knightsbridge to the Harrods department store.
Harrods Group (Holding) Limited, doing business as the Harrods Group, is a British holding company that owns the Harrods luxury department store in Knightsbridge, London, England. The original Harrods store was founded in 1849 by Charles Henry Harrod , and the first holding company, Harrod's Stores Limited, was formed and listed on the London ...
Group acquired by House of Fraser; the flagship Knightsbridge store is now independently owned and continues to trade as Harrods. 9 1970s Henry's Stores Manchester: 1923 Founded by Henry Cohen, he opened Smart Outfitting Company in 1910, before turning down a chance to join Marks & Spencer, opening Henry's Stores in Market Street, Manchester.
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).
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]
Harrods, which was sold by Al Fayed to the investment vehicle of the Qatar royal family in 2010, has said in response to the allegations that it was "utterly appalled".
Harrods was rebuilt as a in 1889, after a devastating fire in 1883. John Lewis was opened in 1864, and it currently operates 51 stores across the UK. Selfridges was opened in 1909 by the American entrepreneur Harry Gordon Selfridge. House of Fraser owns and operates several department stores across the UK.