Now, decades after the fading of the department store era, many Southerners still remember these great Southern department ...

circa 1918: Exterior view of Macy's department store on 34th Street and Sixth Avenue, New York City. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) There are retail giants – Macy’s, Dillard’s, ...

Once upon a time, shopping wasn’t just a task to tick off a list. It was an outing. An event. And sometimes even a performance. The grand department stores of the late 19th and early 20th centuries ...

Every department store in America, from the low end to the high, has tried some way to drag the retail concept into the 21st century. It's a monumental task, considering the model was born in the ...

Department stores and chain stores are two different concepts. Department stores have a long history of offering a wide variety of goods for retail sale, while chain stores are retail outlets in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about department stores; past and present. A racially diverse group of customers shop Baltimore's downtown shopping ...

Impulse buying is another hidden expense. Online retailers use recommendations and flash offers designed to keep shoppers ...

Shein's move into the flagship BHV in Paris has added political heat to the troubles of department stores, which are facing ...

Today, it's easy to go on a shopping spree without leaving your couch, but it wasn't long ago that shopping was an event, and heading to a fancy department store might even require getting dressed in ...

Department stores can structure their organizations in numerous ways, based on what they sell, if they have multiple locations and other factors. Some department stores may even use a combination of ...

The next generation of department store concepts may be located in Fairfax, Virginia. Armed with a smaller footprint (22,000 square feet), a stylish selection of products and a tech-savvy space, ...

A retail company started up by a former Co-op area manager after he lost his job is celebrating a milestone anniversary. Baldwins Department Stores Ltd, which launched in Suffolk and now has a ...