Harry Gordon Selfridge

Harry Gordon Selfridge ( born January 11, 1858 in Ripon, Wisconsin, USA, † 8 May 1947 in London, United Kingdom ) was an American businessman.

He worked for the retailer Marshall Field in Chicago and introduced innovations such as an annual clearance sales and Grabbeltische. There he made ​​it to the junior partner. 1906 Selfridge went into retirement after he bought the department store Schlesinger & Mayer five million dollars and sold after only three months. The following year he moved to London. There he opened on 15 March 1909, the department store Selfridge & Co. or short Selfridges in London's Oxford Street. 1939 Gordon Selfridge resigned as CEO.

  • Entrepreneur ( 20th century)
  • Americans
  • Born in 1858
  • Died in 1947
  • Man
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