Jenners
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Jenners Department Store, near the Scott Monument on Princes Street in Edinburgh, was the world's oldest independent department store, having existed on the same site since 1838. It contains over 100 different departments selling a large variety of goods.
Dubbing itself the "Harrods of the North", it has held a Royal Warrant since 1911, and was visited by the Queen on the occasion of its 150th anniversary in 1988.
Jenners is now facing increased competition, both from out of town retailers and from the new Harvey Nichols in nearby St Andrew Square. On March 16 2005 it was announced that the Douglas-Miller family who own Jenners were in advanced negotiations to sell the business to the House of Fraser, at an estimated £100–200 million; the name "Jenners" would still be used for the store. It was later sold for around £45 million. House of Fraser subsequently sold the lease of the buildings to an unknown private company based in Ireland.
External link
- Official site (http://www.jenners.com/index_html.asp)