Profile of the Day: Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr.

Posted May 8, 2013 by Hiromimarie | No Comment

Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr.

On May 8, 1947, Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. died in London, England. Selfridge invested in building his own department store, Selfridges, in London when he was unimpressed with the quality of British retailers and had noticed that the large stores in London had not adopted the latest selling ideas that were being used in the United States.

He was the first to promote Christmas sales with the catchphrase “Only __ Shopping Days Until Christmas”, while he was working at Marshall Field’s department store.

Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. is connected to 69 million people in Geni’s World Family Tree. How are you related?

 

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