2009-08-10
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quote 13:04:08
There might even have been an underground station called Selfridge’s. Having established his great Oxford Street store, Gordon Selfridge urged the managing director of the line operator, a personal friend, to bestow the name of his store on Bond Street station. He failed, though years later his friend told him he now regretted having refused.
David McKie in a piece on Comment Is Free: Your brand goes here.