I Shop, Therefore I Am : The '90s, Harvey Nicks – and Me by Mary Portas

I Shop, Therefore I Am : The '90s, Harvey Nicks – and Me by Mary PortasA GUARDIAN 'BEST BOOK TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2025'It's the 1990s: Britpop is dominating the charts, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell stare out from the cover of every glossy magazine and British fashion is ripe for reinvention. Leading the charge is a twenty something Mary Portas who has been brought in to revitalise the department store Harvey Nichols, at the time more likely to be associated with dowagers than daring designers. With department stores in

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