Harrods is the worlds premier Department Store. If you are rich and need to do your shopping and live in england then I can guarantee that you will shop at Harrods.
Harrods started off as a family business in 1849 as a simple food store (It still incorporates this today)but soon became ... Read review
Advantages: Beautiful Store, An experience in itself Disadvantages: Very Expensive and Do not go at sale/time unless you want to save lots of money.
Harrods is the worlds premier Department Store. If you are rich and need to do your shopping and live in england then I can guarantee that you will shop at Harrods.
Harrods started off as a family business in 1849 as a simple food store (It still incorporates this today)but soon became a much bigger store and branched out into a department store in 1902 with 80 departments and over 2000 staff. It grew even more and became the biggest ... ...of Fraser Stores and Kept Harrods once again as a family run business.
Harrods has always been known well for it's sales and its motto that it can supply anything that is demanded. It is so big and profitable and has been known to take in excess of £15 million in one single working day.
Harrods sells everything, Anything you need and can't find it anywhere? then go to Harrods, but be prepared to pay for it. Harods is ... more
Harrods is the worlds premier Department Store. If you are rich and need to do your shopping and live in england then I can guarantee that you will shop at Harrods.
Harrods started off as a family business in 1849 as a simple food store (It still incorporates this today)but soon became a much bigger store and branched out into a department store in 1902 with 80 departments and over 2000 staff. It grew even more and became the biggest and best departmental store in the world. In 1959 however it became subject to a takeover by scottish group House Of Fraser which was then inturn bought out by Mohamed Alfayed in 1986. In 1994 Alfayed floated The 54 House of Fraser Stores and Kept Harrods once again as a family run business.
Harrods has always been known well for it's sales and its motto that it can supply anything that is demanded. It is so big and profitable and has been known to take in excess of £15 million in one single working day.
Harrods sells everything, Anything you need and can't find it anywhere? then go to Harrods, but be prepared to pay for it. Harods is not cheap and is often known for its extremely expensive pricing which is why i said it is more of a status thing to shop here and not in Marks and Spencer's or the like.
Harrods still incorporates it's famous food hall which sells glorious and elegent and expensive !! food from all over the world. But in itself Harrods is a london landmark and is often seen on many souvenir's from a visit to Harrods.
Because of it's immense popularity Harrods gets very busy and is a very secure place to be. If you are dressed inapropriately then you may be refused entry, that is how particular Mohamed AL Fayed is. You cannot use mobile telephones while in the store as there is a radio transmission block to prevent harrods from remote bomb detonation.
Harrods is layed out very well and you can gain access from a lot of major points around the surrounding roads but don't drive, there is no or little parking space and it is very expensive.
If you are visiting london and want an experience then visit Harrods by all means but if you are simply requiring some shopping and want to be as economic as you can then i suggest you try somewhere else.
Advantages: Nice products, good quality. Disadvantages: A little Pricey.
...first found out about the Harrods website when a received a Christmas teddy from my best friends in 2003 and commented on the fact that I didn't know they had been to London. The fact was they hadn't and had ordered the bear online. After that point I have used Harrods online several times, mainly for special gifts and sale items.
--*-- The Site --*--
The Harrods web-site is quite smart looking using a colour scheme or primarily white, dark green ... ...the each page is the Harrods logo in dark green with the sign-in and search boxes to the right and a home button to the left. Below this is a black bar with links to the various departments within the site. Each department then has sub-departments so if you are browsing or looking for something specific it is easy to use. This as I mentioned is on every page and makes navigation much easier.
Down the left hand side of the home page is set of links ...
donnabroom 24.07.2006
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Advantages: None I can think of unless you like tacky stuff Disadvantages: Expensive, too big to walk around, hot and smelly
Harrods – it’s a tourist attraction in disguise! Why on earth anyone would want to shop there is beyond me, as apart from the Harrods’s biscuits etc… they sell stuff you can buy elsewhere at a cheaper price! Let’s have a closer look at this expensively tacky ‘store’…
~LOCATION~
Harrods I located in Knightsbridge, which is near the centre of London. The easiest way to reach it is by tube, and you should ... ...one for electricals etc… Harrods is the place to go if you want top quality good, at a high price – only really suitable for your average film star.
~PRICE (!!!)~
This is the part of Harrods hates – but loves, without its high prices, Harrods would not maintain it’s ‘exclusivity’. However high these prices may be, it is really a gimmick – the reverse of any normal store. The people that regularly shop there ...
leematthews 11.05.2001
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Harrods has 330 plus departments,over 4,000 staff and has been known to take £15 million in a single day.Harrods sums up the philosophy of a store that attracts visitors from round the world and sells almost everything the world produces.
You will be well advised to use a map to find your way around,its that big.For many the highlight will be the splendid food halls on the ground floor,partly for the umbelievable range of good foods on display,but ... ...pay for so much free entertainment, the crowds can be unbearable and the store is best visited early in the day.If you want tea at Harrods, in the plush Georgian Restaurant,be prepared for queues.There are,however,18 other eateries to choose from.Avoid Harrods in December and January if you cannot bear crowds. ...
Versatile 11.08.2001
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Advantages: Everythjing you could ever want Disadvantages: Expensive
I have shopped at Harrods on a few ocassions but never on a regular basis. As a man of average means I cannot afford their prices. It is very much a status thing to shop at this store, great for those with money to burn and fine for the tourist to say they've been there. For the average person however you can almost certainly find the same or equivelent item a lot cheaper elsewhere.
On the side of layout and design it is excellent and well designed ... ...a pleasurable shopping experience. You can savour the thought of being in this sumptious store brushing shoulders with the rich and famous.
Overall if you have the money and are looking for a unique shopping experience then give it a try. As for me I'll have to stick with Sainsbury's and my other local stores. ...
jonwhite 10.11.2000
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Advantages: Shopping Experience, Harrods Bag, Quality,Excellent customer Service Disadvantages: Reputation as expensive, Many competitors
...which is next to the Harrods tube exit or Door 3 at the rear of the store you may be lucky to have the door opened for you when you enter by one of the Green Men (Harrods Doormen in Green Uniforms)
The store covers 1 million square feet, there are 7 floors and well over 300 different departments.
Believe it or not but the Food Halls sell over 350 different types of cheeses snd there is a Christmas department all the year round.
If you are feeling ... ...several 10% Discount days for Harrods account holders through the year.
The store accepts a wide range of currencies.
Cash - Pound Sterling
Euros
U.S Dollars
Cheques - Personal, Company, Travellers
Credit - Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Harrods Account Card, Solo, Electron
Basic guide (Here is a selection of Departments from
each floor).
Lower Ground Floor - Harrods Bank
Stationary
Gift Wrapping
Adult Games
Harrods Shop
Pantry
...
robmatrix 27.09.2003 (02.10.2003)
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Layout & presentation
Selection & range
In store customer service
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