Selfridges Group

Selfridges Group is a holding company of European department stores, itself owned by the Thai conglomerate Central Group and the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund. It operates 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.

Selfridges Group

Industry	Retail
Genre	Department stores
Founded	2003; 22 years ago (2003)
Areas served	Ireland the Netherlands United Kingdom
Owner	Central Group (60%) Public Investment Fund (40%)
Parent	Central Group
Website	selfridgesgroup.com

Signa Holding's 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.^[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. Acquired by Wittington Investments before the establishment of the Selfridges Group