1. Selfridges London has twice been voted World’s Best Department Store at the Global Department Store Summit – in June 2010 and again in May 2012.
2. Selfridges is the biggest store on Oxford Street, with more than 650,000 square feet of retail space.
3. American entrepreneur Harry Gordon Selfridge founded Selfridges in 1909, and 2009 marked 100 years of the London department store.
4. Selfridges was the first department store to accept China UnionPay cards.
5. Personal Shopping, the store’s exclusive private shopping service, was redesigned in 2012, with several custom-designed dressing rooms and a lounge area for entertainment and relaxation. Everyone uses it, from royalty to celebrities to customers splashing out out on a special outfit or a new wardrobe.
6. It boasts the only piercing and tattoo parlour in the UK housed in a department store.
7. In-store services range from tax-free shopping, beauty treatments and hair styling to psychic advice.
8. At the Beauty Workshop, as well as trend-led and sought-after products you can get a spray tan, hair extensions or a manicure. The Beauty Workshop houses the only nail bar in the UK with a multi-brand
selection of nail varnishes, and also offers the famous Hershesons 15-minute blow-dry.
9. The Wonder Bar features an Enomatic Wine System that allows customers to serve themselves from a selection of 52 wines. Selfridges was the first to introduce this way to sample wine to a wide audience in the UK.
10. The Concept Store is an ever-changing retail space dedicated to Selfridges’ themes and creative projects, and always promises something new and exciting to buy.
11. The 3,300-square-foot Ultralounge is the world’s only permanent arts and exhibition space in a department store. It is used to stage a wide range
of arts and entertainment events – all specially commissioned. Previous contributing or exhibiting artists and brands include sculptor Conrad Shawcross, Brian Eno, Kay Saatchi, Annie Lennox, Nike, Chanel and Stephen Jones.
Selfridges also has the world’s biggest…
… women’s shoe department, stocking more than 100,000 pairs of shoes at any time, and selling more than 7,000 pairs of shoes a week.
… men’s shoe department, featuring more than 250 brands, more than 120 exclusive product styles and a made-to-order shoe salon.
… denim department. The Denim Studio covers 26,000 square feet and stocks jeans ranging in price from £11 to £11,000.
… beauty hall, selling everything from big-name brands to niche ranges. Many brands, including Mac, sell more products in Selfridges than anywhere else in the world.
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