Retailers Breathe Sigh Of Relief As Crowds Turn Out For Boxing Day Sales

Despite the one-day tube strike which saw almost all London Underground tubelines disrupted, enough shoppers had found their way to London’s West End by early afternoon today for retailers to say a silent prayer

Selfridges’ Shoe Hall: A Girl Can Only Have So Many Best Friends

The most impressive thing about Selfridges shoe hall is that it is made up of six “galleries” and 11 surrounding boutiques, the hall is almost obscenely vast. You don’t have to be a shoe obsessive to be impressed by the scale of the operation, or the sheer…

Selfridges named as world’s best store

Selfridges walked off with the world’s best store accolade at the global department store summit in New York. Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian

Selfridges was today named as the world’s best de…