Editing Tottenham Court Road (section)

===Retail===
[[File:Tottenham Court Road 1.jpg|thumb|Tottenham Court Road looking north, with the [[Euston Tower]] in the distance]]
Tottenham Court Road is a significant [[High street|shopping street]], best known for its high concentration of [[consumer electronics]] shops,{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=922}} which range from shops specialising in cables and computer components to those dealing in package computers{{clarify|date=December 2015}} and audio-video systems. Further north there are several furniture shops, including [[Habitat (retailer)|Habitat]] and [[Heals (department store)|Heal's]]. Another well-known store was the furniture maker [[Maple & Co.]]

In the 1950s and 1960s, Tottenham Court Road and a few of the adjoining streets became well known for stores selling Second World War surplus radio and electronics equipment and all kinds of electro-mechanical and radio parts. Shops such as Proops Brothers (established in 1946) lined both sides of the road at that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.proopsbrothers.com/about-us-1-w.asp|title=About us|publisher=Proops Brothers|access-date=14 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215053811/http://www.proopsbrothers.com/about-us-1-w.asp|archive-date=15 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> By the 1960s they were also selling Japanese [[transistor radio]]s, audio mixers and other electronic gadgets. Many British-made [[Vacuum tube|valve]] stereos were offered too.

In the early twenty-first century, the growth of e-commerce has reduced the importance of electronics retailing in the area, and cafes and fashion stores like [[Primark]] have become more prevalent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.retail-week.com/topics/stores/opinion-is-tottenham-court-road-becoming-the-new-oxford-circus/7002894.article|title=Opinion: Is Tottenham Court Road becoming the new Oxford Circus?|date=7 December 2015|access-date=14 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215053424/https://www.retail-week.com/topics/stores/opinion-is-tottenham-court-road-becoming-the-new-oxford-circus/7002894.article|archive-date=15 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Whilst Tottenham Court Road still has some specialist furniture and electronics retailers, it is becoming more of a general business district. However, some of the original electronics stores on Tottenham Court Road still trade, such as House of Computers, well-known in the area for offering a range of computers and accessories.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/tottenham-court-road/|title=Tottenham Court Road {{!}} Hidden London|website=hidden-london.com|language=en-GB|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref>