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Apr 29, 2009 · Wed 29 Apr 2009 19.01 EDT. He was the man who invented retail therapy. Or at least, revolutionised the way we shop. After 25 golden years with the great Chicago department store Marshall Field,...
Mar 13, 2013 · Inspired by Lindy Woodhead’s 2007 biography, Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge, about department store magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge, the new Masterpiece Theater series starring Jeremy...
In 1909, Harry Gordon Selfridge revolutionised retail. From the day Selfridges opened, theatre and experience have been at the heart of our business. Today, we stay true to that spirit by weaving creative experimentation, activism and cultural moments through our extraordinary customer experience.
Founder and inspiration, Harry Gordon Selfridge, rose from poor rural America and personal tragedy to take old London by storm. Opened in 1909, his department store revolutionized shopping in...
07 March, 2016. The real Mr Selfridge by Lindy Woodhead. As the fourth and final series of ITV's Mr Selfridge draws to a close, Lindy Woodhead, author of Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge, talks about the real Harry Selfridge and his family, and the television drama series based on her book. Why did I write about Harry Selfridge?
Sep 28, 2016 · Great Londoners – Harry Gordon Selfridge – The Man Behind the Department Store. One of the city’s greatest men and founders of one of its biggest department stores wasn’t actually born in the United Kingdom at all.
Harry Gordon Selfridge, 1858–1947, American-British retail merchant, b. Ripon, Wis. He moved to Chicago in 1876, where he started a successful 25-year career at Marshall Field & Co., developing it into a modern department store.
