Last week 2024 Selfridges ’ results showed how the luxury slowdown and lack of VAT-free shopping for tourists remain a problem for high-end retailers. And on Sunday Harrods did the same, releasing its numbers ahead of its filing at Companies House.

Harrods Group (Holding) Limited saw gross transaction value (GTV) excluding VAT falling 2.4% to £2.198 billion for the year to February 2025, although turnover edged up 0.6% to just under £1.082 billion, which was below the Uk inflation figure. A year earlier, those numbers had risen 6.6% and 8.2%, respectively.

Operating profit (before exceptional items/pension loss on settlement) fell by 17% to £177.7 million and profit before tax was was actually a loss of £34.3 million, having been a profit of £111.5 million a year ago. Profit after ta

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