Selfridges news and archive

US footwear brand Android Homme opens four Selfridges concessions

US footwear brand Android Homme has expanded its UK reach with its products rolling out in four exclusive concessions in Selfridges Manchester, Trafford Centre, Birmingham and Fenwick Newcastle. The new Selfridges concessions occupy a total of four stores and offer a curated selection of the LA brand’s products, which will change each season in...

Report

Selfridges records sales increase of 11.5 percent in FY17-18

For the year ending February 3, 2018, Selfridges recorded sales of over 1.75 billion pounds (2.28 billion dollars), up 11.5 percent and increase in operating profit to 181 million pounds (235.7 million dollars). The company said, sales and operating profit growth were delivered against a challenging retail backdrop, and continuing major...

Fashion

Vivienne Westwood launches pop-up at Selfridges

Fans of British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood can get a hold of her Autumn-winter 2018/19 collection at a new pop-up at Selfridges, the London department store. Set to run between August 13 and September 9, the retail space will also offer customers the chance to customize their items with exclusive patches featuring Westwood’s hand...

Retail

Champion opens women’s pop-up store at Selfridges

American sportswear brand Champion has opened a women’s pop-up store at Selfridges, the famous department store in London. The space, which opened on August 13 and is set to run for four weeks, offers pieces from Champion’s Autumn/Winter 2018 collection. Located at Selfridges’ Designer Studio on the third floor, Champion’s pop-up store includes...

Fashion

Midnight Studios launches Sex Pistols collection exclusively at Selfridges

American label Midnight Studios, founded by the young fashion designer Shane Gonzales, has announced another high profile collaboration. Gonzales has designed a capsule collection of T-shirts and sweatshirts featuring the artwork from Sex Pistols’ debut album, “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols”. The collection, which will be sold...

Retail

Selfridges retains title as the Best Department Store in the World

London - The Selfridges Group can rest assured once more, now that its iconic department store Selfridges has managed to retain its title as ‘the Best Department Store in the World’ for the fourth time. Selfridges was internationally recognised as the Best Department Store in the World 2018 during a ceremony held at the end of the Global...

Fashion

Rolling Stones launch pop-up store at Selfridges

A pop-up store dedicated to the Rolling Stones will occupy Selfridges’ Corner Shop in London from May 14 to June 3, in celebration of their upcoming “No Filter” tour. The store, which takes over four of Selfridges’ shop windows, offers exclusive and limited-edition items, including T-shirts, hoodies, jackets and a kidswear collection featuring...

Fashion

Vionnet x Marc Quinn sustainable surf collection launches at Selfridges

London - French fashion house Vionnet has teamed up with British visual artist Marc Quinn to create a sustainable capsule collection. Goga Ashkenazi, the creative director of Vionnet, was inspired to develop a sustainable collection together with her friend Quinn after viewing some of his art made from plastic waste taken from the ocean. "I have...

Management

Selfridges bans all single-use plastic bottles in its fight against plastic waste

Selfridges is ramping up its stance against plastic by banning all sales of single-use plastic bottles for fizzy drinks from its stores. The move comes nearly three years after Selfrigdes stopped selling disposable plastic water bottles in all its stores and restaurants as part of its Project Ocean partnership with international conservation...

Fashion Featured

Selfridges on quest to uncover true meaning of luxury

The term luxury has been overused to such an extent that everything from mass-produced food to fashion to toothpaste can have the moniker slapped on like a bad case of make-up foundation. Brands everywhere are wanting to sell the dream - flashing the superiority of their products and differentiating their services and standards - when the...

Report

Selfridges owners earn 38.5 mn pounds in dividends

Selfridges-owner Galen Weston and his family got 38.5million pounds (50 million dollars) in dividends with the department store chain reporting record sales results for the year to January 28, 2017, reports Drapers quoting a report in The Mail on Sunday. The company saw its operating profit increase 18 percent to 180 million pounds (235 million...

Retail

Hermès pop-up Hermèsmatic opens at Selfridges in Manchester

Hermès has launched its celebrated Hermèsmatic pop-up store in Selfridges Exchange Square, in Manchester. The pop-up, which first opened in Strasbourg, France last year, was developed in order to encourage Hermès customers to give their old scarves a new look by taking them to the laundromat. Entitled Hermèsmatic, the immersive experience, which...