"May I Help You, Madame? The Making of the Modern Department Store" is on view at the Flagler Museum now through May.

Can department stores evolve enough to regain relevance? It might take more than the magic of Macy’s. The reason could be encapsulated in one sobering sentence by Macy’s CEO Tony Spring: The chain had ...

Generally considered the world’s first department store, Le Bon Marché in Paris spurred a retail revolution when it began its incredible expansion in the late 19th century. The stores that followed on ...

Macy’s announcement Tuesday that it will close 150 stores, or nearly a third of its total, is the result of a once-great department store industry in decades of decline. The gradual demise of the ...

Image in the public domain from New York Illustrated (published 1877 but appears to be early 1850s). Once located at 280 Broadway between Chambers and Reade Streets in Tribeca was one of the nation’s ...