Mary Portas 6th most influential person in fashion. Portas' first book, "Windows – the Art of Retail Display", was published in five languages by Thames & Hudson. Her second book, "How to Shop with Mary, Queen of Shops", was published by BBC Books in 2007 to accompany the television series. The book was co-authored by Peter Cross, Josh Sims and Melanie Rickey. Her third book, "Mary Portas, Shop Girl, a memoir", was published by Doubleday in 2015. Since 2005, Mary has written a weekly column "Shop!", for the "Daily Telegraph" magazine, reviewing shops across the country. She started writing the column in
RMS Queen Mary 2 the slip and continued backing up all the way to the Maritime History Museum, where a fireworks display was presented before "Queen Mary 2" sailed away. After a night and day at sea, the vessel entered New York Harbor early the morning of 14 July and docked at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Later in the evening the vessel sailed to the lower harbor, between the Statue of Liberty and the Battery, for the "Forever Cunard Queen Mary 2 Light Show." When designing "Queen Mary 2", the designers aimed to reduce the ship's impact on the environment by improving fuel efficiency