Arnotts is a full-service department store on Henry Street, Dublin, Ireland. The business traces its origins to a drapery founded in 1843 by George Cannock and Andrew White at 14 Henry Street. John Arnott took shares in 1848; the business was renamed Arnott's in 1865 after Cannock departed. The current building - designed by G.P. Beater - opened in 1895 following a fire that destroyed the original structure in 1894. Arnotts occupies approximately 300,000 square feet between Henry Street and Abbey Street, behind the GPO. It has been part of Selfridges Group since November 2015 and is currently jointly owned by Thai conglomerate Central Group (60%) and the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF, 40%).

Arnotts operates as a multi-brand retailer rather than a design-directed own-brand house. Its aesthetic identity is set by the curated brand mix rather than in-house design. The Selfridges Group positioning frames the store as a premium but accessible multi-brand fashion and lifestyle destination.

Arnotts' Henry Street site has been continuously trading since the 1840s, making it one of the oldest continuously operating retail sites in Ireland. The store entered a period of financial difficulty following the failed €750 million Northern Quarter property redevelopment project (announced 2006, never completed), which left it with large debts. Anglo Irish Bank and Ulster Bank took over in July 2010. Selfridges acquired the store on 2 November 2015, bringing it into the same ownership structure as Brown Thomas (Ireland), De Bijenkorf (Netherlands), and Selfridges (UK).

The Selfridges Group was sold in December 2021 to a joint venture of Central Group (Thailand) and Signa Holding (Austria) for $5.37 billion. Following Signa Holding's bankruptcy in late 2023, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund acquired Signa's 40% stake in October 2024, giving Central Group 60% and PIF 40%.

Full-service department store across:

• Clothing: womenswear, menswear, kidswear
• Shoes, bags, and accessories
• Jewellery and watches
• Beauty and fragrance
• Home furnishings and textiles
• Activewear, swimwear, lingerie
• Golf and outdoor

Arnotts is part of Selfridges Group, a portfolio of four premium department stores: Selfridges (UK), Brown Thomas (Ireland), Arnotts (Ireland), and De Bijenkorf (Netherlands). Current ownership: Central Group (60%), Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (40%), from October 2024.

The Henry Street location is the primary trading address. A former Stillorgan Shopping Centre footwear-only branch closed in 2011. Arnotts held an 18-year Dublin GAA sponsorship that ended in 2009.

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Arnotts is one of two leading Irish department stores within the Selfridges Group - the other being Brown Thomas. As Dublin's Henry Street anchor store, Arnotts competes in the accessible-to-premium department store segment, stocking multi-brand fashion, beauty, and home across a broad market range.

As a full-service Irish department store, Arnotts stocks multi-brand fashion and home textiles across a wide price range. The home and fashion departments create a multi-vendor SPD retail environment - pattern-forward clothing, printed home textiles, and decorative surfaces are core product categories. Arnotts is a significant stockist for international fashion brands in the Irish market, making it a relevant retail channel for SPD-driven fashion and home products.