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Selfridges

Selfridges
Address: 400 Oxford St
District: Oxford Street
Area: London
Postcode: W1A 1AB
Telephone: 0800 123 400
Email: homebuyers@selfridges.co.uk
Website: http://www.selfridges.com/
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1858

A baby boy named Harry Gordon Selfridge is born in Wisconsin, USA in 1858. Gordon Selfridge is working for retailer Marshall Field in Chicago and after introducing many new ideas including annual...
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1906 Selfridges

1906

At the grand old age of 48, Gordon Selfridge retires after buying Schlesinger & Mayer department store for $5m and selling it on 3 months later.

He moved to London the following year.

1909 Selfridges

1909

Gordon Selfridge decides he's too young to retire, and on 15th March opens a £400,000 store in London, which was to put Oxford Street on the world retail map. The newly opened Selfridges has...
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1920 Selfridges

1920's

The years following the First World War prove very successful and by 1928 the store has doubled in size.
1930 Selfridges

1930's

In October 1939 Gordon Selfridge resigns as chairman to become president and is replaced by Andrew Holmes who joined the board in 1935.
1940 Selfridges

1940's

The Second World War years prove a very lean time for the store. In 1947 Gordon Selfridge dies in his sleep.
1950 Selfridges

1950's

At the beginning of the decade, Gordon Selfridge's old rival Lord Woolton, chairman of Lewis', buys the store for £3.4m.
1960 Selfridges

1960's

The store changes hands again, with Charles Clore's British Shoe Corporation buying a controlling interest in Lewis' in 1965 for £63m. The following year Miss Selfridges opens up to sell fashion de...
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1970 Selfridges

1970's

The Selfridges Hotel opens and the store is damaged by an IRA car bomb at 9.06pm on December 19. Luckily only five people are hurt, receiving minor injuries.
1980 Selfridges

1980's

Tim Daniels, previously the merchandise director, takes over as managing director.
1990 Selfridges

1990's

Phew, what a decade! The Masterplan to totally transform Selfridges is launched in 1994 (completed in 1999) and in 1996 Vittorio Radice is appointed as Chief Executive. In 1998, Selfridges' demerge...
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2000 Selfridges

THE PRESENT

In 2003, Galen Weston purchased Selfridges. Mr Weston and his wife, Hilary, are intimately involved with the development and growth of this important company.
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