Harrods

Summary

Harrods is a department store^[1]. Harrods ranks in the top 0.74% of department_store entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,421 views/month, #1 of 135).^[2]

Key Facts

• Harrods is located in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea^[3].
• Harrods is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Harrods's image is recorded as HarrodsDay.jpg^[5].
• Harrods's instance of is recorded as department store^[6].
• Harrods's instance of is recorded as brick and mortar^[7].
• Harrods's instance of is recorded as shopping center^[8].
• Harrods's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction^[9].
• Harrods's founder is recorded as Charles Henry Harrod^[10].
• Harrods's owned by is recorded as Qatar Investment Authority^[11].
• Harrods's logo image is recorded as Harrods.svg^[12].
• Harrods's headquarters location is recorded as London^[13].
• Harrods's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132057851^[14].
• Harrods's GND ID is recorded as 16323890-X^[15].
• Harrods's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82146342^[16].
• Harrods's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA12948901^[17].
• Harrods's child organization or unit is recorded as Harrods Buenos Aires^[18].
• Harrods's Commons category is recorded as Harrods^[19].
• Harrods's Commons category is recorded as Harrods, Brompton Road store^[20].
• Harrods's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35174871^[21].
• Harrods's industry is recorded as retail^[22].
• Harrods's industry is recorded as retail sale in non-specialised stores^[23].
• Harrods's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20025960^[24].
• +1834-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Harrods^[25].
• Harrods's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ2761779413^[26].
• Harrods's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.499586, 'lon': -0.163517}^[27].

Body

Founding

Harrods's founder is recorded as Charles Henry Harrod^[10]. +1834-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Harrods^[25]. Harrods's location of formation is recorded as London^[28].

Operations

Harrods's headquarters location is recorded as London^[13]. Harrods's parent organization or unit is recorded as Qatar Investment Authority^[29]. Harrods's child organization or unit is recorded as Harrods Buenos Aires^[18].

Industry

Industries include retail^[22] and retail sale in non-specialised stores^[23].

Ownership

Harrods's owned by is recorded as Qatar Investment Authority^[11].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Harrods include Harrods Bank^[30], a bank^[31], in United Kingdom^[32].

Why It Matters

Harrods ranks in the top 0.74% of department_store entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,421 views/month, #1 of 135).^[2] Harrods has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Harrods is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Harrods include Harrods Bank^[30], a bank^[31], in United Kingdom^[32].