The London Traveler

I wonder if the London Sales have lost their cachet.
Everywhere in England, from the High Street to the great out of town hypermarkets, bright red stickers proclaim up to 90 percent off. In this recession, many retailers are slashing their stock, trying to get enough cash through the tills in the next few days to pay the rent bill.
Go down Oxford Street and you’ll see many of the same stores you can visit anywhere else. There’s nothing so special about that.
But that’s only one side of the story. In fact, London’s big department stores still provide the best shopping you …read more

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Everybody knows Harrods. The post Christmas sale is world famous, and still attracts massive queues. The famed Egyptian food hall, the celebs who come to shop here (and are occasionally thrown out for wearing clothes considered too casual for the store), ridiculous luxuries… if there’s one department store you have to visit as a tourist, it’s this one. Go to gawp – you don’t have to buy anything.
But if it’s designer clothes you’re interested in, you’ll have a much better time at the other store on Knightsbridge, Harvey Nichols. ‘Harvey Nicks’ to its friends, it’s a serious fashionista store.  Not …read more

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