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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 United Kingdom [1] (after Harrods). [2]
The merchandise was sold online and in five shops known as "The London 2012 Shop". In addition, Adidas sold its London 2012 range in its flagship store on Oxford Street, and selected Next stores sold their 2012 range. [3] Sainsbury's as official sponsors of the Paralympics also sold merchandise within their stores. [4]
Founded as H. & D. H. Brooks & Co. in Manhattan, US, was rebranded Brooks Brothers after founder Henry's sons took charge of the business. From 1988 to 2001 the business was owned by Marks and Spencers. In 2006 the business opened its first UK shop in Old Broad Street, London. [12] Browns of York: Private company
A plan in Tallis's London Street Views, published in the late 1830s, remarks that almost all the street, save for the far western end, was primarily retail. [4] Peter Robinson opened his draper's shop at 103 Oxford Street in the 1830s; by the 1890s the shop had expanded to fill the entire block between Great Portland Street and Regent Street. [19]
Brand new area code allocation post-BigNumber for a new town, chosen to be significantly different from the area codes of the adjacent areas of Gravesend and Dartford. [14] 01988 — Wigtown (WT8) 01989 — Ross-on-Wye, Wye Valley (WV9) 01990 — unused; 0990 was Wentworth (WW0) – numbers were transferred to 0344 [notes 14]
The flagship store at Oxford Circus, having suffered bomb damage in September 1940 Family grave of Peter Robinson in Highgate Cemetery (west) Peter Robinson was a chain of department stores with its flagship store being situated at Oxford Circus, London. Founded in 1833 as a drapery, Robinson bought up nearby shops on Oxford Street to create a ...
London, Oxford Street [27] (former C&A flagship store; originally the Oxford Street branch of Gamages; now Primark) Newcastle upon Tyne, John Farnon; Nottingham [17] (former Nottingham Co-operative Society department store; became T K Maxx; now vacant) Oxford [28] (opened 1996). Originally G R Cooper, bought by Selfridges in 1966.
The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m 2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m 2) of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe. The UK's second-biggest shop, Selfridges, Oxford Street, is a little over half the size with 540,000 square feet (50,000 m 2) of selling space. [24]