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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 ...
Beatties was a small British department store group located primarily in the Midlands of England. In 2005, when it had 12 stores, the group was acquired by House of Fraser.On 14 January 2006, the Birmingham store closed, because a similar House of Fraser store, Rackhams, was not far away.
In 1954, Harrods was purchased by House of Fraser, and D H Evans become a trading arm within the Harrods group. A second D H Evans store was added in Wood Green, London in 1980, and the Oxford Street store was refurbished twice between 1982 and 1985. [2] In 2001, the store was rebranded under the House of Fraser name. [3]
House of Fraser itself was acquired by Icelandic investment company, Baugur Group, in late 2006, and then by Sports Direct on the 10 August 2018. [2] The Victoria Street department store, finally trading under the name, House of Fraser, was situated in the City of Westminster, to the south of St. James's Park. It is the only department store to ...
The department store itself was also rebranded from 'Howells' to the core marque 'House of Fraser'; however, due to the store's status as a listed building, the 'James Howell & Co' signs remained. In August 2010, banners referring to the store as 'Howells' appeared above the main entrances and the House of Fraser signage. [citation needed]
The Harrods group, along with Kendals, was taken over by House of Fraser in 1959. [2] The store continued trading as Kendals until 2005, [2] when the store was renamed House of Fraser Manchester. Despite the re-branding of Kendals, the 'Kendal, Milne and Co' name is still clearly visible on marble fascias above the store's entrances.
In January 2021, it was announced that the Jenners House of Fraser store in Edinburgh was closing for good and 200 jobs would be lost. [71] In February, Frasers offloaded their 25% stake in French Connection. [72] In April 2021, the group announced it had doubled the hit it expects to take from the coronavirus pandemic to £200 million. [73]
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 of England brand name and several stores were added to its portfolio.