Handy Guide to UK Department Stores

When you have a lot of shopping to accomplish in a short time there's nothing quite like a big department store for making everyone happy and finding loads of things to take home to friends and family.

The trick, as a visitor or newcomer, is knowing what to expect when you go through those double glass doors into the perfumed premises of UK department store retailers. Will you be able to afford the goods? Will they have a department that suits Dad? or Junior? Is the fashion cutting edge, dowdy or neither here nor there.

Look no further for the insider info and opinion that you need. My new guide will help you figure out what to shop for in the different department store groups around the country, what you can expect to find and what you can expect to spend.

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