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Harrods is a Grade II listed luxury department store on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England.It was designed by C. W. Stephens for Charles Digby Harrod, and opened in 1905; it replaced the first store on the grounds founded by his father Charles Henry Harrod in 1849, which burned down in 1881.
To avoid hiring black people, Harrods required applicants to submit photographs. [82] The number of black people employed by Harrods was eventually half the number employed by other London stores. [82] Francesca Bettermann, Harrods former legal counsel, said of Al-Fayed "He likes a pretty face. He wouldn't hire someone who was ugly.
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 ...
1998 memorial to Diana and Dodi in Harrods Alternative view showing the Egyptian carvings that form the background to both of the Dodi and Diana monuments. Innocent Victims is a copper statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed, which was on display at the Harrods department store in London, England, between 2005 and 2018.
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.
Titled "Innocent Victims," the statue stood in the department store for over a decade before its removal.
Harrods is rolling out SevenRooms' software at 14 of its food and drinks outlets, which it says will help it customize diners' experiences.
Harrods was previously targeted by the IRA before, first two firebombs in August 1973 caused minor damage, [6] in 1974 the IRA's active service unit known as the Balcombe Street Gang exploded another firebomb gutting a clothes shop inside the store and injuring one member of staff and in 1983 a car bomb killed six (3 civilians and 3 police) and ...