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Selfridges Group

Selfridges Group
IndustryRetail
GenreDepartment stores
Founded2003; 22 years ago (2003)
Defunct22 August 2022; 2 years ago (2022-08-22)
FateAcquisition by Central Group and Signa Holding
Areas served
OwnerWeston family
ParentWittington Investments

Selfridges Group was a holding company of European department stores. At the time of its acquisition by the Central Group and Signa Holding in 2022, it owned the full-line stores Arnotts and Brown Thomas in Ireland, De Bijenkorf in the Netherlands, and Selfridges in the United Kingdom. The company previously owned the Canadian department stores Holt Renfrew and Ogilvy, both of which the Weston family retained in the acquisition.

Signa Holdings' 40-percent stake in the acquisition was acquired by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund in 2024. The acquired stores are controlled by the department store division of Central Group, which is the majority owner with 60 percent, however the Selfridges Group name is occasionally used to reference the four stores collectively.[1]

History

Selfridges Group, along with KaDeWe Group, is owned by the Central Group from Thailand, which acquired it in 2021 jointly with Austria-based Signa Holding, which lost joint control in late 2023. Shareholders successfully ousted Signa Holding's founder, René Benko, who was pressured to relinquish his voting rights amid the financial turmoil.[2]

Nameplates

List of Selfridges Group nameplates
Name Year
founded
Year
acquired
Notes
Arnotts 1843 2015
Brown Thomas 1848 1983[a]
De Bijenkorf 1870 2011
Holt Renfrew 1837 1986[a] Retained by Weston family in 2022
Ogilvy 1866 2011 Co-branded with Holt Renfrew in 2019, retained by Weston family in 2022
Selfridges 1908 2003

Notes

  1. ^ a b Acquired by Wittington Investments before the establishment of the Selfridges Group

References

  1. ^ "Our Vision". Selfridges Group. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Selfridges ownership seized by Thailand's Central Group". cosmeticsbusiness.com. Retrieved 11 January 2024.