Talk:Harry Gordon Selfridge

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
B	This article has been rated as B-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ]

This page has been cited as a source by a media organization. The citation is in: "Reference Page.", Metropolis, March, 2004. (details)

	This article is part of WikiProject Retailing, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to retailing companies and topics on Wikipedia. You can help out by editing the article attached to this page, and by visiting the project page where you can join the project and/or contribute to discussion.
Retailing To-do: | edit | history | watch | purge Here are some tasks you can do: Copyedit: Target Corporation, Wal-Mart - to be used as an examples for ideal page structure Cleanup: T.J. Maxx reads like advert; see talk page discussion Expand: Store manager, List of articles on project page, image gallery on project page, Hypermarket (history section), Category killer - This is very US/Canada centric - Ikea exists elsewhere, too. Stubs: Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, Archer Farms, ClearRx Other: Department store - discriminate between itself and Discount store. Category killer - If a Category Killer dominates its area, why are there many stores listed per category? There should be clear criteria for when a store is included, otherwise this just becomes an advertising page.

---

devoted to his wife. Where did this come from? He was a notorious womaniser (not just after his wife died either), and didnt lose his money in gambling, he gave it to his many mistresses. Will add some proper details soon Justinc 00:13, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC) ok, correction, he lost his money in gambling and women... Justinc 00:30, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC) And there are claims that he was devoted to his wife too. Justinc 00:30, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "The customer is always right"

The attribution of this phrase needs some investigation. The NYT ([1], mouseover the 11th richest person) and Wikipedia say it's from Marshall Field, while the Milwaukee Journal [2] and Wikipedia say it's from Harry Gordon Selfridge. --Nethgirb 10:31, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

After reading the MJ article it doesn't specifically state that Selfridge came up with the quote. I added another reference (of unfortunately unknown reliability) that gives more background and says it's not known which of them deserves the credit. --Nethgirb 06:42, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Year of birth 1864?

Various sources say he was born in 1864 rather than 1858 - [3]. Anyone know the truth, and why? -- JackofOz (talk) 22:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)