Harry Gordon Selfridge

Harry Gordon Selfridge (January 11, 1858 – May 8, 1947) was an American-born retail magnate, who founded the British department store Selfridges.

Selfridges today

For almost 90 years, Selfridges was a one-location business, but in 1998 it opened its first store outside London, at the Trafford Centre, on the outskirts of Manchester. By the end of 2003, Selfridges had four stores: two in Manchester and (the latest) one in the Bullring shopping complex at Birmingham which opened in September 2003. The Birmingham store is covered in 15,000 spun aluminium discs and was designed by the architectual firm of Future Systems. A further store is scheduled to open in Glasgow in 2007.

Related Topics:
Trafford Centre - Manchester - 2003 - Bullring shopping complex - Birmingham - September 2003 - Architectual firm - Future Systems - Glasgow

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Selfridges

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