House of Fraser is a British department store group with 62 stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The flagship London store is House of Fraser on Oxford Street in London whilst the retailer has recently undertaken its largest new store opening in Belfast.
Over the years House of Fraser has purchased a number of famous stores, such as Jenners of Edinburgh, Howells of Cardiff, David Evans of Swansea, Rackhams of Birmingham, the Beatties dep...
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House of Fraser is a British department store group with 62 stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The flagship London store is House of Fraser on Oxford Street in London whilst the retailer has recently undertaken its largest new store opening in Belfast.
Over the years House of Fraser has purchased a number of famous stores, such as Jenners of Edinburgh, Howells of Cardiff, David Evans of Swansea, Rackhams of Birmingham, the Beatties department stores, and Harrods of Knightsbridge (which is now owned privately by Mohamed Al Fayed). It has a long term strategy of re-branding its stores under the 'House of Fraser' name. Former well known names such as Dickins & Jones (Regent Street, London), D H Evans (Oxford Street, London), Army & Navy (Victoria, London), and Kendals in Manchester have all disappeared or been rebranded.
The Company was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index before it was acquired by Baugur.
The Company was founded by Hugh Fraser and James Arthur in 1849 as...
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