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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).
Biba was a London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s. Biba was started and run by the Polish-born Barbara Hulanicki and her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon. [1]After the original company closed in 1975, Biba was relaunched several times, independently of Hulanicki.
Articles about department stores in the United Kingdom which have ceased trading or whose nameplates are no longer active, i.e. the company was merged and dissolved and its brand retired. Contents Top
The fourth store followed a year later in August 1958 in St. Louis. [5] On November 7, 1964, GEM opened its first store in the UK. This branch in West Bridgford, Nottingham, the first out-of-town superstore in the UK, [6] was soon taken over by Asda. By the mid-1960s, there were reportedly more than a million GEM members throughout the U.S. and ...
Army & Navy Stores was a department store group in the United Kingdom, which originated as a co-operative society for military officers and their families during the nineteenth century. The society became a limited liability company in the 1930s and purchased multiple independent department stores during the 1950s and 1960s.
David Evans (department store) David Morgan (department store) David Sands; Edwin Davis Company; Dawn Til Dusk; Debenhams; Joseph Della Porta; Derann; Derry & Toms; Dickins & Jones; Dillons the Bookstore; Dingles (department store) The Discovery Store; Dixons Retail; Do It All; Doggarts; Dolcis Shoes; Ducker & Son; Dunn & Co.
The Exeter store was destroyed during the Blitz of 1942, with the store moving into smaller premises in Fore Street, where they stayed until 1964. In 1961, architect George Baines designed a new store for the junction of Sidwell Street and the High Street. Work was commenced by contractors, Bovis on the 123,000 square foot store in 1962, with ...
Rackhams was a British department store that opened in Birmingham, England in 1881. The business became part of the Harrods group in 1955, before Harrods was purchased by House of Fraser in 1959. As part of the Harrods grouping in House of Fraser, during the 1970s the Rackhams name was selected to be used as the Midlands and parts of the North ...