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The Oracle main arcade. The centre contains 90 shops, including department stores from the Next plc (136,000 square feet (12,600 m 2)) and House of Fraser (150,000 square feet (14,000 m 2)) chains. A third and larger department store, John Lewis & Partners (formerly Heelas) is
In 1999 a major new shopping and leisure centre, The Oracle, opened behind the store. Among its many shops at the time were department stores Debenhams and House of Fraser, thus increasing the level of competition in Reading. On Sunday 2 September 2001, as part of a wider company rebranding, the store's name was changed from Heelas to John Lewis.
The upper level of The Oracle. Reading town centre is a major shopping centre. The primary catchment area for the town centre (the area for which the centre attracts the largest single flow of generated expenditure) for non-bulky comparison goods extends as far as Goring-on-Thames, Henley-on-Thames, Pangbourne and Wokingham.
The last remaining branch of House of Fraser in north-east England is to stay open following threats of closure. A deal has officially been agreed for the chain to remain in Darlington's historic ...
House of Fraser and Frasers are a British department store chain with 26 locations across the United Kingdom and 2 in Ireland, part of Frasers Group. It was established in Glasgow, Scotland in 1849 as Arthur and Fraser. By 1891, it was known as Fraser & Sons. The company grew steadily during the early 20th century and in 1936 began a period of ...
The Oracle shopping centre has a direct entrance from Broad Street, and houses many other major stores, including the department stores of Debenhams and House of Fraser, as well as a large selection of restaurants and bars.
Reading town centre is a major shopping centre. In 2007, an independent poll placed Reading 16th in a league table of best performing retail centres in the United Kingdom. [105] [106] The main shopping street is Broad Street, which runs between The Oracle in the east and Broad Street Mall in the west and was pedestrianised in 1995. [107]
Centrale shopping centre houses many of the main high street stores, including Boots, Carphone Warehouse, French Connection, House of Fraser, La Senza, Miss Selfridge, NEXT, Sports Direct and Typo. In May 2020, Debenhams announced plans to enter administration as a result of the Coronavirus lockdown and that some stores, including Centrale ...