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The business was founded by Benjamin Harvey as a linen shop in Knightsbridge in 1831. Harvey died in 1850, leaving the business in the care of his wife Anne, who went into partnership with Harvey's son-in-law, James Nichols, to form Harvey Nichols & Co. [2] In 1889, the existing space was demolished to make way for a new department store.
Poon is the executive chairman of his Hong Kong–based and listed company Dickson Concepts (DCIL), which owns companies including Harvey Nichols and S. T. Dupont. [citation needed] Through trusts, he controls 40.13% of the voting capital of DCIL as of 31 March 2008. [citation needed]
The company Dickson Concepts was founded by Dickson Poon.. In 1991, the company acquired Harvey Nichols from the Burton Group. [3]In January 2005, the company announced the acquisition of Bertolucci SA, manufacturer and distributor of luxury Swiss watches.
The anchor store, Harvey Nichols, would double in size to over 45,000 sq. ft. It was also announced that Brockton Capital and Milligan would work in co-ordination with Birmingham City Council to improve the public area reaching from the underpass beneath Suffolk Street Queensway to the front of Mailbox.
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He was survived by his partner of 46 years, Tom Nicoll, a British display manager at Harvey Nichols, the British luxury department store. The two met in 1961. [2]
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Selfridges Building, Birmingham. Selfridge stores are known for architectural innovation and excellence, and are tourist destinations in their own right. [38] The original London store was designed by Daniel Burnham, who also created the Marshall Field's main store in his home town of Chicago.