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1834: Charles Henry Harrod founds a wholesale grocery in Stepney, East London. 1849: Harrods moves to the Knightsbridge area of London, near Hyde Park. 1861: Harrods undergoes a transformation when it was taken over by Harrod's son, Charles Digby Harrod (1841–1905).
- 1849; 174 years ago
- £2 billion (2017)
- ca. 4,000 (2019)
Geschichte. Harrods, London. Das Unternehmen wurde im Jahre 1834 von Charles Henry Harrod gegründet und im Jahre 1849 nach Knightsbridge verlegt. Im Dezember 1883 wurde das Gebäude durch einen Brand vollständig zerstört und in den Jahren zwischen 1894 und 1903 in der gegenwärtigen Gestalt im Stil des Eklektizismus neu gebaut.
23. März 2017 · Founded as a family shop in East London in the early 19th century, the Knightsbridge department store Harrods has grown into a brand recognised all over the world. But it wasn't always plain sailing. Here, Robin Harrod, great-great-grandson of the shop's founder, shares its surprising origins and a few of the many setbacks faced by ...
- Ellie Cawthorne
8. Mai 2010 · History of Harrods department store. 8 May 2010. London department store Harrods has been sold by its owner Mohammed Al Fayed to the Qatari royal family for £1.5bn. The Knightsbridge store...
1849 - present. Mohamed al-Fayed. Harrods, renowned department store in London. It is located on Brompton Road, south of Hyde Park, in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Henry Charles Harrod founded it as a grocery store in 1849. The enterprise expanded in the late 1800s, and many new departments were added.
The story of Harrods began in 1824 when Charles Henry Harrod, a draper by trade, established a business at 228 Borough High Street in Southwark. His venture initially embraced drapery, mercery, and haberdashery. However, he soon turned his entrepreneurial hand to the grocery trade, setting up Harrod & Co. Grocers in 1832.
17. Juni 2016 · In 1959, the High Street department store group House of Fraser bought Harrods. However, by 1985, the store returned to private ownership by Egyptian-born owner Al Fayed, who, in 1989, introduced a dress code that banned customers wearing beach or cycling shorts and flip flops – and further added his own personal touch in 2000, the Egyptian Room.
