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.
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 ...
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 ...
The Indianapolis Star

Retro Indy: From the tea room to the fur salon, William H. Block's had whatever you wanted

Editor's note: This story originally appeared in 2017.Herman Wilhelm Bloch left Budapest, Hungary, at the age of 17 and headed to the United States with $1 in his pocket. Bloch sold lace and linens ...

Beales and the Weymouth link to the iconic department store

The story of Beales is more than just a retail history; it's a tale deeply interwoven with the evolution of Bournemouth itself.
AOL

15 Photos of Department Stores That Don’t Exist Anymore

Back in the day, department stores were more than just occasional places to shop; they were a part of everyday life. From bargain hunting at Korvette’s to holiday shopping at Marshall Field’s, these ...
MLive

A history of Ann Arbor’s old Kline’s Department Store and the Kline Lot

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 ...
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 ...
Daily Breeze

South Bay history: Zody’s discount department stores set up shop early in Redondo Beach

The first South Bay History blog post I ever wrote way back in 2009 had as its subject the discount chain White Front, which opened a branch in Torrance in 1963. But Zodys discount department store ...
Independent Mail on MSN

Vacant buildings on East Whitner St in downtown Anderson are being demolished. Why?

Vacant buildings on East Whitner Street in downtown Anderson are being demolished to revitalize the area. The demolition ...

Archaeologists Found 317 Skeletons Buried Under a Department Store

Archaeologists found 317 medieval and post-medieval skeletons at the site of a department store that is being remodeled into a university campus. This was hardly surprising, since even more ...