Retail Venture
In August 2011 she opened her first retail shop as a concession in House of Fraser's Oxford Street branch. The shop, named Mary & House of Fraser, sells clothing and lifestyle products aimed at the 40+ female market, and was filmed for a Channel 4 documentary Mary Queen of Frocks that aired in October 2011.
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