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Harrods to open Prada Caffé pop-up until end of 2023

Nine years after Prada launched its Pradasphere at Harrods, a temporary exhibition and café celebrating the brand’s 100 year anniversary, Prada is back with one of its favoured concepts: the Prada Caffé. The luxury department store will open the Caffé doors on Friday, where the fashion house is serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, small bites and...

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Harrods partners with LabelHood to celebrate The Year of the Rabbit

Luxury department store Harrods has opened a pop-up with LabelHood, a fashion community in Shanghai, China that nurtures emerging Chinese designers. The pop-up, open until January 5, is to celebrate The Year of the Rabbit this Lunar New Year and features a curation of “covetable products” from LabelHood’s own label alongside emerging designers...

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Harrods is painted in dots in latest Louis Vuitton x Kusama collaboration

Luxury department store Harrods is taking experiential retailing to a new level with its latest transformation featuring Louis Vuitton and artist Yayoi Kusama’s collaboration. Ms Kusama, a Japanese octogenarian, is famous for her use of dots, installations and sculptures, which for this project has not only covered Louis Vuitton handbags, but...

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Harrods launches new sustainable strategy for beauty department

Department store Harrods launched a new sustainable strategy for its beauty department, giving customers the opportunity to return nail polish and fragrance bottles in order to recycle them. These two products - both considered difficult to recycle - were chosen for a trial scheme of three months that started on January 14 in H beauty Milton...

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London's luxury retail trailing Milan and Paris, warns Harrods boss

London’s luxury retail scene is being outcompeted by rival European cities, the managing director of British department store Harrods has warned. Michael Ward, who has been at the helm of Harrods since 2005, told The Telegraph that the government’s decision to scrap VAT-free shopping for tourists at the start of last year has put overseas...

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How fashion retailers are integrating beauty into their physical stores

Fashion retailers adopting beauty into their strategies is not something that is entirely new. Online department store Net-a-Porter launched a beauty category as early as 2015, which was followed closely by a similar initiative of multibrand retailer Revolve, with the trend then exploding as it began to leak out from e-tailers to physical...

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Dior transforms Harrods for Christmas into a gingerbread house

French luxury fashion house Dior has transformed Harrods into a giant glittering gingerbread house for the holiday season, as it takes over 44 window displays and illuminates the façade with stars, roses and flowers. ‘The Fabulous World of Dior’ takeover runs until January 3, 2023, and celebrates Monsieur Christian Dior’s love of British...

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Harrods swings to profit, expects sales to hit pre-Covid levels this year

Harrods returned to profit in the year to January 29 as sales surged following the easing of lockdowns restrictions. The British luxury retailer swung to a profit after tax of 41.7 million pounds from a loss of 57.3 million pounds a year earlier, according to filings at Companies House. Its operating profit came in at 55.5 million pounds from a...

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Harrods targeted in Just Stop Oil protest

The Just Stop Oil coalition has targeted London’s Knightsbridge today, stopping traffic and spray painting on the outside of Harrods. The actions come as part of the group’s attempts to get the government’s attention and demand halts on all new oil and gas licences and consents. Supporters of the group, which has increasingly made its way into...

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Environmental activists target UK's luxury department stores and retailers in 'milk pour'

UK retailers including luxury department stores Harrods, Selfridges and Fortnum & Mason as well as Marks & Spencer and Waitrose were targets of Animal Rebellion in a weeklong of environmental activism acts that were recorded on social media. The rebellious group, an animal and climate justice movement that uses nonviolent direct action and civil...

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Harrods launches beauty loyalty programme

Harrods has announced the launch of a new loyalty programme specifically curated for its beauty customers. MyBeauty, which comes as part of Harrods Rewards, will allow members to access a number of benefits, including earning points on beauty products, event invites and exclusive promotions throughout the year. The reward programme is tailored...

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Harrods to showcase "Wonderful World of Dior" at Christmas

Harrods and the house of Dior share a long history of events and partnerships, and this holiday season will see multiple activations of the French luxury brand across the iconic department store. Dior will ‘take over’ 44 of Harrods windows, showcasing its product categories across beauty, fashion and home in a gingerbread house-themed display....