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Step back in time as Scranton book signing remembers the city’s department store history

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

‘The History of Department Stores’ Review: The Coming of Consumer Heaven

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

Remember these stores and malls? Revisit retailers of Knoxville's past

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

In Elmhurst, ‘Lost Chicagoland Department Stores’ is a small exhibition remembering our biggest stores

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.

Flagler Museum teams up with Simon Doonan on department-store exhibit

Running through May 24, "May I Help You, Madame? The Making of the Modern Department Store" is on view at Palm Beach's ...
WFAA8

Dallas' department store | The history of Neiman Marcus

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 ...
Austin American-Statesman

The story of Scarbroughs, Austin's lost department store empire

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 ...

Delawareans share fond memories of old department store restaurants

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

A look back at the long history of Lord & Taylor

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 ...
New York Magazine

Before We Shopped Online

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Today, doormen accept our Amazon packages, gift cards materialize in our ...
Los Angeles Times

Take a trip through the magnificent department stores of old L.A.

“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, ...
Forbes

Are Department Stores Like Macy’s Really Dead This Time?

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 ...