Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo's ground-breaking six-storey space combines the edgy energy of London's indoor markets - concrete floors, tills...

Selfridges - one of Time Out's favourite department stores - celebrated its centenary in 2009. With its concession boutiques, store-wide themed events and...

If it's Saturday, then it must be Hackney's Broadway Market, at least as far as east London's fashionably attired food-lovers are concerned. Many of the...

While Broadway Market is clogged with whippet-walkers, busking indie bands and buggies, Netil Market (just a few steps away from the main drag) is an...

Now a twice-weekly affair; the Latin American street food stalls are excellent.

Clapton's Chatsworth Road sure is old. In the '30s it had up to 200 stalls peddling their wares up to five days a week. After the war the market dwindled...

This Marble Arch flagship M&S is the store's largest outlet in the country. It is Marks and Spencer shopping at its best, and showcases the shopping vision...

A modern twist on the traditional corner shop, Cornercopia exclusively stocks produce made from ingredients sourced in the local area, from south London...

Tools, household goods and fruit and veg sold by the bowl are among the offerings at this busy East End market. Also worth a look are the fascinating...

Behind the 1950s green ceramic Soho frontage is Lina Stores, an iconic family-run Italian deli that's been in business for over half a century. Indeed, Jane...

Although something of a London institution, Covent Garden Market is too commercial and generally too crowded to provide a particularly characterful retail...

Compared to some of the incredible refurbs that rival emporia have indulged in, Harvey Nics feels like it's coasting a little. That said, you'll still find...

The 'city within a city', Westfield's £1.45 billion retail behemoth snakes through the Olympic site, with 300 retail units - the cornerstones of which are...