Walk the walk: Retailers welcome ‘exciting new chapter’ in history of Oxford Street

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From 7am on October 26, almost a kilometre of London’s famous retail hotspot Oxford Street has been pedestrianised. Retailers such as Selfridges, John Lewis, Rituals and Under Armor share their reactions to this “historic moment” for the shopping destination

Nearly 0.6 miles of the street, from the junction of Oxford Street with Orchard Street, near Marble Arch, to Great Portland Street, east of Oxford Street Ikea, will now be closed to all traffic between 7am and midnight every day of the week.

 

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