Regent Street

:This article is about the Regent Street in London. For other Regent Streets see Regent Street (disambiguation).

Selected shops

Apple retail store

The Apple retail store opened on Regent Street at 10am on 20 November 2004. This represented the first such store in Europe, and only the fourth outside the United States (the other three are in Japan).

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Apple retail store - 20 November - 2004 - Europe - United States - Japan

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Austin Reed

Austin Reed's £12.3 million flagship store is located at 103-113 Regent Street. The store has an atrium at its centre, housing glass lifts allowing viewing across all floors. The lower ground floor sells womenswear and also houses Equilibrium, the refurbished 1920?s Art Deco Barber Shop, offering a full range of hair face and body treatments for both men and women.

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Hamleys

Hamleys toy shop can be found 100 yards south of Oxford Circus on the east side of the road. Until the 1990s it was the world's largest toy store, with six floors devoted to playthings. The ground floor is always decked out with a variety of soft toys, from small puppets to life-sized giraffes. Although surpassed in size, it is arguably the world's finest toy store.

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Hamleys - Toy - Shop - 1990s - Soft toy

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Dickins and Jones

In June 2005 owner House of Fraser announced that the department store Dickins and Jones, which traces its origins to 1803, and has been located in Regent Street since 1835, will close in January 2006. The store was said to have been making losses for several years and to have failed to keep up with more fashion conscious rivals such as its neighbour Liberty. The building is to be redeveloped with small shop units on the lower floors and flats and offices above. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1657791,00.html

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House of Fraser - Department store - Liberty

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