Baird gave the first public demonstration of moving silhouette images by television at Selfridges department store in London in a three-week series of demonstrations beginning on 25 March 1925.

In the 1990s the company moved from theoretical projects to fee-paying work with projects such as the " spacecraft-like " Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground in London ( completed 1999 ), and the Selfridges Building ( completed 2003 ).

) Lewis's built stores in Manchester ( 1877 ), Liverpool ( 1856 ), Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool ( The Bon Marche ), Leeds, Hanley, London ( Selfridges ), Bristol and Leicester.

However the store reopened in 1922, this time across numerous floors, as the famous Clerys department store that stands today, housed in a modern neoclassical building based on Selfridges of London.

Dillon studied business methods at Selfridges in London.

Plans to expand the number of stores were shelved in favour of extensive renovations to Selfridges ’ flagship store, the historic Oxford Street landmark in the heart of London ’ s shopping district.

Weston also devotes a significant proportion of her time, as well as her business and fashion expertise, to Selfridges, the London department store of which she is a director.

In 2005, Foyles opened a branch at the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank and in 2006 Foyles was awarded the concession to run the book departments in Selfridges ' London Oxford Street and Manchester stores, but these closed in February 2009.

Selfridges, Seventy-Five Years: The Story of the Store 1909-84 London, 1984

An action that was carried out, inspired by the New York-based Black Mask's " mill-in at Macy's ", involved King Mob appearing at the Selfridges store in London, with one member, dressed as Father Christmas, attempting to distribute all of the store's toys to children.

In April 2009 it launched its make-up range, unveiled at Selfridges, London by Scarlett Johansson .< ref >

) Louise organised a charity sale of celebrity designer clothes at the London department store Selfridges for the charity Mothers4Children in November 2009.

In 1975 he was the subject of an episode of This Is Your Life whereby Eamonn Andrews surprised him while he was shopping in Selfridges, London.

After trying retirement, he went on to establish Selfridges in London.

Turning his attention to sculpture during the 1920s, he was elected President of the London Group in 1927 and was responsible for organising the important open-air sculpture exhibition on the roof gardens of Selfridges in 1930, after which he became affiliated with Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell of the Bloomsbury Group.

** 2008 ' Cult of Denim ' Selfridges, London

In 2000, Taylor-Wood created a wraparound, photomural around scaffolding of the London department store Selfridges while it was being restored ; the mural featured 21 cultural icons including Elton John, musician Alex James and actors Richard E. Grant and Ray Winstone.

In order to circumvent the maximum wage rules, Arsenal arranged it so that his employment at the club was supplemented by a £ 250-a-year " sports demonstrator " job at Selfridges, the London department store.

It houses one of only four Selfridges department stores and the largest Debenhams outside of London.

It was presented from Selfridges store in London, and featured a number of older clips, from films such as Bambi and Cinderella and newer material, such as Escape from Witch Mountain.

His creations can be found all over the world, with boutiques located in Beirut, Paris and London ( also in Selfridges and Harrods ).

In 1951 the Lewis's group purchased the famous London department store Selfridges and later became part of the Sears Group headed by Charles Clore.

Finds dated back to the 12th century ; a ditch was discovered where the Selfridges store and Park Street car park are now situated.

The Selfridges store cost £ 60 million and the contractor was Laing O ' Rourke.

* Selfridges was opened in 1909 by the American entrepreneur Harry Gordon Selfridge, and thus became London's seventh department store.

In 2003, it was announced that Galen Weston had completed a deal to buy Selfridges, the high-end British department store chain, through the Weston family holding company.

Daughter Alannah Weston ( married to the grandson and heir of the late Baronet Sir Desmond Cochrane and his Lebanese wife Lady Cochrane Sursock ) was subsequently named creative director at Selfridges.

On 28 December 2003, it was revealed by The Sunday Telegraph that Lane Fox would become " right hand woman " of Galen Weston, owner of Selfridges, and take over the day-to-day running of the business.

He was himself interested in education and science, and believed that the displays would introduce potential new customers to Selfridges, generating both immediate and long-term sales.

In 1909, after the first cross-Channel flight, Louis Blériot's monoplane was exhibited at Selfridges, where it was seen by 12, 000 people.

The first public demonstration of television was by John Logie Baird from the first floor of Selfridges from 1 – 27 April 1925.

Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sr. ( January 11, 1864 – May 8, 1947 ) was an American-born retail magnate, who founded the British department store Selfridges.

The first ADR was introduced by J. P. Morgan in 1927 for the British retailer Selfridges.

Yellow Pack was a brand of generic groceries, first launched in March 1980 by Fine Fare, a British regional supermarket chain ultimately owned by the Weston family, whose extensive interests include the UK's Associated British Foods, Loblaws Companies in North America, and a range of upmarket retailers such as Selfridges, Brown Thomas and Fortnum & Mason.

There was a telephone room down the corridor that provided a direct line to the White House in Washington, DC, via a special scrambler in an annexe basement of Selfridges department store.

Its transmission tower was located on the roof of Selfridges department store in the West End.

Originally was due to house either a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols store, but was deemed unsuitable for Liverpool ONE.

The store named simply ' Black ' is situated in Birmingham city centre, which was chosen due to the more upmarket feel the city has created over the years, with stores such as Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and other major designers having a big presence in the area.

It houses one of only four Selfridges department stores, the fourth largest Debenhams and Forever 21.

It features a dramatic landmark building, housing a branch of Selfridges department store to a design by the Future Systems architectural practice.

The Selfridges department store is a prime example of the early 21st century movement referred to as " blobitecture ", and has been compared to Peter Cook's Kunsthaus in Graz, Austria.

:* 6 April: 2LO transmitter power increased during move from Marconi House to the roof of Selfridges department store in Oxford Street.

Weston is also head of the world ’ s second largest luxury goods retailer as Chairman of Holt Renfrew in Canada and the Selfridges Group, owner of Selfridges in the United Kingdom, Brown Thomas of Ireland, the De Bijenkorf department store chain in the Netherlands, and the recently acquired Ogilvy department store in Montreal.

The Selfridges Group has since expanded its holdings with the November 2010 acquisition of luxury department store chain De Bijenkorf of the Netherlands and the July 2011 purchase of the Ogilvy department store in downtown Montreal.

Selfridges, AKA Selfridges & Co, is a chain of high end department stores in the United Kingdom.

Weston, a retailing expert who is the owner of department store chains such as Holt Renfrew and Brown Thomas as well as major supermarket chains in Canada, has chosen to invest in renovation of the Oxford Street store, rather than to carry out planned expansion to Leeds, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Bristol, and Glasgow, despite Selfridges owning a site in the latter city.

Star exhibits include a reconstruction of Georgian pleasure gardens, the foreboding wooden interior of the Wellclose debtors prison cell, an art deco lift from Selfridges department store and the puppet stars of BBC children's TV Andy Pandy and Bill and Ben.

* Harry Gordon Selfridge, founder of the Selfridges department store

Wek also designs a range of designer handbags called " Wek 1933 ", which are available throughout selected Selfridges department stores.