The first object you see in “The History of Department Stores” at the City of Architecture and Heritage museum is a larger-than-life plaster caryatid. This draped female figure, familiar from ancient ...

For decades, department stores defined the American shopping experience. From crowded malls to bustling downtown districts, ...

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 ...

This week, Saks Fifth Avenue announced it was closing its Michigan Avenue store. The department store has been on the Mag Mile since 1929! State of play: In honor of the news, let's do a quiz on the ...

A split image shows two retail stores: on the left, a beige building with a sign reading “Gordmans”; on the right, a brick and glass storefront with a large sign for “BOB’S STORES” against a blue sky.

When Hiram P. Wasson bought the Bee Hive Dry Goods Co. in 1883, he wisely changed the name to H.P. Wasson and Co. In the tradition of local retailers L.S. Ayres, William H. Block and L. Strauss, the ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — There’s been a lot of talk in Ann Arbor lately about the Kline Lot, or Kline’s lot as some call it. Named after the former Kline’s Department Store on Main Street, the nearly ...

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