Pre-tax profits for Harrods Limited, the group that owns the London department store as well as concessions at London airports, saw a dramatic 68 per cent fall in pre-tax profits to GBP7 million in the 52 weeks to February 1 2003. Sales rose slightly from GBP458 to GBP461m. Harrods attributed the fall in profits to a world downturn affecting tourism and travel.