Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge

Informationen zum Autor Lindy Woodhead worked in international fashion public relations for over twenty-five years. During the late 1980s she spent two years as the first woman on the board of directors of Harvey Nichols. Lindy retired from fashion in 2000 to concentrate on writing. Her first book! War Paint (Virago)! a biography of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden! was published in 2003. She is a regular contributor to The Spectator and The Times Saturday Magazine. A Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts! she is married with two sons and lives in southwest London and southwest France. The men who created the first department stores - what Zola called ´great cathedrals of shopping´ - made vast fortunes, but no one understood consumption as a sensual female entertainment better than the maverick American retailer Harry Gordon Selfridge. Zusammenfassung In 1909 London's first dedicated department store built from scratch opened in a glorious burst of publicity. In his eponymous store Selfridge created nothing less than 'the theatre of retail'. This book tells the story of a revolution in shopping and the rise and fall of a retail prince.

Préface
The men who created the first department stores - what Zola called 'great cathedrals of shopping' - made vast fortunes, but no one understood consumption as a sensual female entertainment better than the maverick American retailer Harry Gordon Selfridge.

Auteur
Lindy Woodhead worked in international fashion public relations for over twenty-five years. During the late 1980s she spent two years as the first woman on the board of directors of Harvey Nichols. Lindy retired from fashion in 2000 to concentrate on writing. Her first book, War Paint (Virago), a biography of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, was published in 2003. She is a regular contributor to The Spectator and The Times Saturday Magazine. A Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, she is married with two sons and lives in southwest London and southwest France.

Texte du rabat
The story of the maverick man who created the first department store. In 1901, American retailer Harry Gordon Selfridge opened London's first department store in a blaze of publicity, the largest advertising campaign ever mounted by the British press. But his personal life was just as flamboyant, with mistresses and mansions, racehorses and yachts. Sold 8,000 copies in hardback. With 16pp illustrations.

Résumé
In 1909 London's first dedicated department store built from scratch opened in a glorious burst of publicity. In his eponymous store Selfridge created nothing less than 'the theatre of retail'. This book tells the story of a revolution in shopping and the rise and fall of a retail prince.