Selfridges CEO Paul Kelly on the Department Store’s 100 Years in Business Exclusively in the June Issue of ExecDigital.co.uk
The Creative Economy hits home: ExecDigital.co.uk dissects a trend impacting the future of business growth in its innovative digital magazine
Norwich, UK (June 2, 2009) – Selfidges has a colorful history. It was first opened in 1909 by Wisconsin-born Harry Gordon Selfridge, who saw it through two wars and a depression before it went through a series of takeovers and ended up in the arms of Galen Weston in 2003. Today, the famous department store is celebrating 100 years as one of London’s finest, inviting a range of top designers including Jimmy Choo, Paul Smith, Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen to design special products for the milestone celebration. Kelly talks to ExecDigital.co.uk (www.execdigital.co.uk) in the June issue about making Selfridges what it is today.
Quotes from the article:
• Paul Kelly on maintaining Selfridges heritage: “The great thing about working with the Westons, particularly Galen, is continuity. They can buy a building with a heritage and not want to run out Gordon Selfridge’s name. We use it as a benchmark and say how can we do it better?”
• Paul Kelly on working with the world’s top designers: “Selfridges brand is world famous and we’re working with all the best brands in the world. What a fantastic thing to do.”
• Paul Kelly on making work fun: “Find a job that you love and you’ll never work for the rest of your life. I love retailing.”
In The Creative Economy, writer Martin Slofstra explores if this breakthrough concept will come to define the future of business and job growth. Some experts say there is a shift taking place and it’s taking the form of the elimination of routine-based jobs to the arrival of creativity-based occupations. While it’s a divisive issue among various countries, one thing is certain: The Creative Economy bodes well for job creation and economic recovery.
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