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A Selfridges window display Selfridges' Paddington Bear themed Christmas window display in 2014. Selfridges' windows have become synonymous also with the brand, and to a certain degree have become as famous as the company and Oxford Street location itself. Selfridges has a history of bold art initiatives when it comes to the window designs.
Selfridges Group is a retail business that operates 25 department stores (as of January 2024) in four chains across three countries in Europe: [1] Arnotts (Ireland) Brown Thomas (Ireland) De Bijenkorf (The Netherlands) Selfridges (United Kingdom)
The new company was over subscribed and opened with a working capital of £3.3 million. Stores in the group retained their local, often long-established, identities but were united under the banner of 'SPS'. The marketing techniques which had proved successful at Selfridges' flagship Oxford Street store were employed across the group.
MILAN — The closing of the deal between Thailand’s Central Group and Signa to buy Selfridges Group under a 50/50 partnership is expected by the end of June, but the wheels have already been ...
The group also controls a number of other retail formats, including the supermarket chain Supercor and hypermarket chain Hipercor. It currently employs 91,000 people and is the largest department store in Europe, with department stores all over mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and Portugal.
Thailand’s Central Group and Austria’s Signa, which purchased Selfridges Group in a pre-Christmas deal said to be worth 4 billion pounds, are taking the long view on U.K. an
Selfridges is a Grade II listed retail premises on Oxford Street in London.It was designed by Daniel Burnham for Harry Gordon Selfridge, and opened in 1909. [1] Still the headquarters of Selfridge & Co. department stores, with 540,000 square feet (50,000 m 2) of selling space, [2] the store is the second largest retail premises in the UK [1] (after Harrods). [2]
Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. (11 January 1858 – 8 May 1947) [1] [3] was an American retail magnate who founded the London-based department store Selfridges. The early years of his leadership of Selfridges led to his becoming one of the most respected and wealthy retail magnates in the United Kingdom. He was known as the 'Earl of Oxford Street ...