Once upon a time, we went to department stores and malls to get our clothes, music, toys, even lunch. Do you remember these ...

Stepping back in time to Scranton’s golden age of shopping, the Lackawanna Historical Society hosted a lecture and book ...

The first object you see in “The History of Department Stores” at the City of Architecture and Heritage museum is a ...

Author and historian Leslie Goddard’s fascination with department stores runs in the family. Her grandfather was a department store lifer, working first for Marshall Field’s then Carson Pirie Scott.

Running through May 24, "May I Help You, Madame? The Making of the Modern Department Store" is on view at Palm Beach's ...

DALLAS — The Neiman Marcus Company has been a staple in Dallas for over a century. Today, with rival department store Saks Fifth Avenue buying the company for $2.65 billion, the future of the store's ...

The high ceilings and glowing lights make the broad aisles look otherworldly in the 1936 photograph. Below the lights, long rows of polished shelves offer precious commodities, meticulously staged to ...

Dining at a department store restaurant used to be a treat while shopping. Readers recall fond memories of a lost tradition ...

It has been many decades since Downtown Bloomington was the premier destination for shoppers in the community. There was a time, though, when there were four large department stores downtown.

With Lord & Taylor adrift once again, in search of a buyer that might be willing to turn back years of neglect, it's easy to forget that the department store was a cutting edge retailer for well more ...

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“Shop till you drop” did not always mean “shop till your phone drops from your trembling, bargain-hunting hand.” For a very long while, “going shopping” in Los Angeles, especially for the holidays, ...