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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

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Within a few short months of its debut, circulation grew into the tens of thousands. Specialty retailers such as Gap, Guess, Limited, Benetton, and Esprit began to offer their own brands. One of its first supporters was Harry Gordon Selfridge of Marshall Field’s, who went on to found Selfridges in London. At Federated Dept.