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Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. (11 January 1858 – 8 May 1947) [1] [3] was an American retail magnate who founded the London-based department store Selfridges. The early years of his leadership of Selfridges led to his becoming one of the most respected and wealthy retail magnates in the United Kingdom.
During the construction of Harry Selfridge's London store in 1909, the British press ridiculed the project and its policy, unheard of in London, that the customer would be "always right". [7] A Sears publication from 1905 states that its employees were instructed "to satisfy the customer regardless of whether the customer is right or wrong". [8]
She met Harry Selfridge when she was about 28 and married him in 1890 at the age of 30. Rose and Harry eventually had five children, three girls and two boys (one of whom died as an infant). At that time, Selfridge worked for the department store firm of Marshall Field & Co., where he rose in time to become an executive, and eventually a ...
Mr Selfridge is a British period drama television series about Harry Gordon Selfridge and his department store, Selfridge & Co, in London, set from 1908 to 1928. It was co-produced by ITV Studios and Masterpiece / WGBH [ 1 ] for broadcast on ITV .
Selfridges Building, Birmingham. Selfridge stores are known for architectural innovation and excellence, and are tourist destinations in their own right. [37] The original London store was designed by Daniel Burnham, who also created the Marshall Field's main store in his home town of Chicago.
Selfridge lavished Jenny with expensive gifts and funded both sisters' gambling habit. The Dolly Sisters reportedly gambled approximately $4 million of Selfridge's money away. [11] While she was still involved with Selfridge, Jenny Dolly began seeing French pilot Max Constant. In 1933, Selfridge offered Jenny $10 million to marry him. [citation ...
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Her next book, about Harry Selfridge, came in 2012 and was adapted by screenwriter Andrew Davies into four series of Mr Selfridge for ITV. Davies admitted that when he was sent Woodhead's book as a possible project to adapt, he couldn't see the television appeal of shopping.