Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge

Zola called Selfridges a 'great cathedral of shopping', and its high priest was Harry Gordon Selfridge, father of modern retailing, philanderer, gamble dandy and the greatest showman the consumer world has ever known. The charismatic Selfridge had created nothing less than a lavish 'theatre of retail'.

Zola a numit Selfridges o ,,mare catedrala a cumparaturilor", iar marele sau preot a fost Harry Gordon Selfridge, parintele comertului cu amanuntul modern, afemeiat, pasionat de jocuri de noroc si cel mai mare showman pe care l-a cunoscut vreodata lumea consumatorului. Carismaticul Selfridge nu crease nimic mai putin decat un fastuos ,,teatru al comertului cu amanuntul".