Selfridges

This phase is being designed by Architecture Studio East with landscape architects, JL Gibbons and urban designers, Gail and Publica.

And the immediate changes people on Oxford Street will see is the section between IKEA to Selfridges, closed off to cars, taxis, buses, bicycles, scooters.

those really annoying pedicabs, and it'll be completely open to just pedestrians and emergency vehicles can access the site.

So at the ends of the roads, there are these green bollards that have been put up, and the road has been decorated in a green banner that says Oxford Street.

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pavements.

You're always walking around shoulder to shoulder trying to get into the new Ikea, trying to do your Christmas shopping at Selfridges.

It was absolute torture.

This is Second Act Unpacked, where we answer your burning midlife questions with expert guests on everything from money to menopause.

My guest today is Jayne Wallace, founder of Psychic Sisters and resident psychic at Selfridges London for over 20 years.

We'll be tackling the question, why do midlife women get so into woo-woo?

Hello, welcome Jane to Second Act Unpacked.

to talk about that.

Perfect, thank you.

But first before we get into that I'd love to know how this became who you are, like your journey from just being a normal kid to being in Selfridges for 20 years.

20 years, it's been a long time.

It's the same way we run our business.

You know, find those... good uk doors if you're going to launch in the uk and start with just one maybe you know run really strong departments so if you can push through you know that's easier said than done if you can push through and get a really good footing in there staff it yourself stand on the shop floor build up that reputation within that store so that then everyone across the world you know what what is wonderful is i just said the uk is really backwards But weirdly, London stores, you know, Liberty, Fortnum's, Harrods, Selfridges are the sort of backbone of so many of these brands, you know, being able to say that they are in these stores internationally is, is recognized.

Um, I've met distributors from China, for example, and they've said, thank you so much for all the work you've done in London, because they can say, oh, it's in Fortnum's, it's in Liberty, and that really helps the customers they're selling to understand where they can position this brand and the success it's already having.

So find that one retailer.