Fashion draw: the West End street’s American brands are an attraction Photo: Alex Lentati
Laura Chesters
29 May 2014
US brands such as J Crew, Michael Kors and Tommy Hilfiger have helped make Regent Street the most popular shopping destination for American tourists in the UK, landlord The Crown Estate revealed last night.
Regent Street is the only shopping area in London to count US shoppers in its top five highest-spending nationalities.
Regent Street tops the West End and the UK in growth in visits from overseas shoppers, according to a survey by tax-free spending expert Global Blue commissioned by the Crown, which owns the street in a joint venture with Norway’s sovereign wealth fund Norges Bank Investment Management.
Visit Britain reported 2.8 million Americans visited the UK last year, spending £2.5 billion.