“Excite the mind and the hand will reach for the pocket.” Harry Gordon Selfridge was undoubtedly a man ahead of his time. As one of the forefathers of modern retail, the retail magnate’s pioneering of department store is still more relevant today than ever. However, in an era where retail is all about faster and further digitalisation and turning business profiles on Instagram, Facebook, or Snapchat into storefronts, the hard fact is that standard retail stores are dying.”