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5 Department Stores Only Baby Boomers Will Remember

For Baby Boomers, a trip to the department store wasn’t just an errand—it was an event. Stores had restaurants, candy counters, catalog pickup centers, and entire floors packed with everything from ...
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3 Reasons Behind Department Store Closures — And What It Means for Your Wallet

Back in February, American department store chain Macy’s announced it would be closing 150 stores as it plans on shifting its priority toward the marketing of its luxury items. It plans to close its ...
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How America’s once great department stores became a dying breed

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 ...
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Shein's first bricks-and-mortar shop highlights department stores' existential pain

PARIS, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Shein's move into the flagship BHV in Paris has added political heat to the troubles of department stores, which are facing an existential threat from shoppers' shift to ...
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How Macy’s set out to conquer the department store business — and lost

In 1990, Macy's was hardly the chain it is today. That year, four of the top 10 U.S. retailers on McKinsey & Company's list were department store companies, but Macy’s wasn’t one of them. Early in the ...