Dickins and Jones

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Dickins and Jones was a department store that had operated between 1835 and 2006 (tracing origins as early as 1803) in London, United Kingdom.

Originally opening under the name of Dickins, Smith & Stevens it had latterly changed names to Dickins and Jones in 1856 by Sir John Prichard Jones. In 1914 it was bought by Harrods which had in turn been bought by House of Fraser in 1959 and for many years Dickins and Jones had been based on Regent Street since 1835.

In 2005 it was announced that the store would close down because of high rents that have made the store unprofitable since 2002. It has since been sold to property developers who intend to redevelop the building into separate shop units with apartments and offices above and the store closed on 14 January 2006 As of August 2006 redevelopment work has started but signs displaying Dickins & Jones continue to be displayed. In October 2006 it was revealed that the building will have a glass extension with terraces will be built on top of the former store to make a 18,000 sq ft upmarket restaurant and that the first, ground and basement levels will be split to house H&M and Nokia. [1]

Separate stores in the House of Fraser group at Epsom and Richmond continue to trade as Dickins and Jones but it could be possible that these would be rebranded into House of Fraser in the future.