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Harrods Harrods has sold Kurt Geiger, its luxury shoe retailing business with more than 100 department store concessions, to a management buy-out backed by Barclays Private Equity for £46m. 06-Jul-2005 Harrods is considering plans to build a £5m store at the Balnagown estate near Inverness, as well as a theme park and holiday village. 25-Aug-2003 BSkyB is linking up with Harrods to produce an interactive shopping programme this Christmas, which will enable digital TV subscribers to buy goods direct from Harrods as they are featured on the show. 05-Dec-2000 Harrods is launching an online casino in partnership with Gaming Internet, and is also planning to set up auction and travel sites. 21-Nov-2000 Harrods is to launch an online shopping service that will enable customers all over the world to order goods. 07-Sep-1999 Harrods has set up an oil company called Harrods Energy, which has bought a 50% stake in an offshore oil block in Thailand from PTT Exploration & Production. 15-Jul-1998 Harrods has started offering its products in the US through the QVC home shopping channel. 03-Dec-1996 The planned flotation of the Harrods department store has been delayed by the Fayed brothers for undisclosed reasons. 03-Oct-1996 Harrods, the London department store, may be floated in order to fund expansion, and could be valued at up to £2bn. 10-Jun-1996 Liberty Publishing, the media subsidiary of Harrods, has bought Viva Radio, the radio station for women, for £3m. 04-May-1996 Harrods Holdings has bought Hunting Business Aviation, which runs executive jet centres at Heathrow, Luton and Stansted. 04-Nov-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007