Selfridges

Department store chain Selfridges opened its London flagship in 1909 and now operates three other regional outlets – two in Manchester and one in Birmingham. It was created by Harry Gordon Selfridge with the aim to make shopping a leisure activity and bring consumerism to the UK. The department store has focus on beauty and fashion, and is famed for its window displays, especially at Christmas. It is owned by the multinational Central Group. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Selfridges and the department stores sector.

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Ranking: the retailers with the happiest workforces in the UK
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Ranking: Retail’s biggest winners and losers in business rates revaluation
2025-12-16T12:00:00+00:00By George Arnett
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Christmas windows 2025: retailers aim to wow shoppers with eye-catching seasonal displays
2025-12-15T06:30:00+00:00By George MacDonald
‘Tis the season when many retailers get creative with their windows to help ensure the tills ring merrily over the Christmas period.

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Disney x Selfridges: behind the partnership bringing a theme park experience to retail

2025-11-11T11:37:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne

Disney Consumer Products vice president of marketing and communications Shauna McCarthy speaks to Retail Week about its “once-in-a-lifetime” partnership with Selfridges over the festive season.

News

Selfridges and Disney unveil ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Christmas collaboration

2025-11-06T10:19:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne

Selfridges and Disney have partnered to run a two-month-long experiential Christmas collaboration including the biggest installation on the front of the Oxford Street store in more than half a century.

Store gallery: Finisterre pops up in Selfridges
2025-10-07T14:37:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Selfridges unveils ‘UK’s biggest beauty hall outside London’
2025-10-01T16:02:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan
Selfridges narrows losses despite sales dip
2025-10-01T10:47:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan
Rough Trade sees sales and footfall uplift thanks to Oasis and ‘music tourism’
2025-08-14T13:28:00+01:00By Megan Robinson

Weston family member who helped transform Selfridges dies
2025-08-04T06:29:00+01:00By George MacDonald
Our Place launches its first UK shop-in-shop at Selfridges
2025-07-16T15:31:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Oxford Street pedestrianisation to go ahead
2025-06-17T05:53:00+01:00By George Arnett
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2025-05-27T11:39:00+01:00By Megan Robinson

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