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 ...

Before online shopping and big-box domination, department stores were the heart of the American retail experience. In the 1970s, these stores offered everything from fashion and furniture to lunch ...

Spring is in the air, and shoppers must be itching to get out of doors and into stores by now. BigResearch, an Ohio-based firm that focuses on retail, has ranked the favorite department and specialty ...

More people are refreshing their wardrobes at department stores again as they head back into restaurants and offices. That's great news for stores like Macy's, Nordstrom and Kohl's— but the comeback ...

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 ...

Lombard, IL, USA - Von Maur, founded in 1872, is an American department store chain with 39 locations in 17 states. Recent $100M+ renovations have introduced curated national brands with "linger" ...

Department stores are losing out on retail’s wins, teeing them up for owners to rethink or redevelop the large sites. Once considered a retail necessity to attract shoppers to sprawling malls, the ...

PARIS — Modernity and marketing convened in the rise of the departments stores in Paris, brought together as the French capital transformed its architecture in the Second Empire. As small streets gave ...

Off-price retailers have little to fear from rapidly growing secondhand sales, though, according to research from Bank of ...

Department store chain Macy’s is closing 14 stores in early 2026, with many locations already shuttered. The closures were announced in January in a memo from CEO Tony Spring that was distributed to ...