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A 118-year-old department store perseveres in a tenuous economy
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Jarrett Dang
Feb 17, 2023
How a department store more than a century old has survived two pandemics, the Great Depression, and multiple recessions.
Department stores rebound, but have a long way to go
Aug 20, 2021
This week, we saw positive quarterly earnings from Macy’s and Kohl's, and news that Amazon plans to open what are essentially department stores.
Did department stores train people to be difficult customers?
by
Reema Khrais
and Anais Amin
Aug 13, 2021
Amanda Mull, a staff writer at The Atlantic, argues that department stores had a hand in building class consciousness.
Are malls and department stores really springing back to life?
by
Andy Uhler
May 24, 2021
Retailers realize the pandemic has also shifted a lot of shopping online.
Amazon in talks with Simon Property Group on taking over mall space
by
Andy Uhler
Aug 10, 2020
But for those other mall tenants, sharing space with Amazon might feel like an insult.
J.C. Penney joins ranks of major retailers filing for bankruptcy
May 18, 2020
Experts say these companies were already in trouble before the pandemic.
Another year of "retail apocalypse"? Not quite.
Jan 8, 2020
With more consumers shopping online, the in-store experience remains crucial to keeping brick-and-mortar alive.
For public good, not for profit.
Kohl's banks on Amazon returns to improve store traffic
by
Ben Bradford
Apr 24, 2019
Kohl's is expanding a deal with Amazon that allows online shoppers to return their merchandise at Kohl's stores.
After bankruptcy, Sears launches smaller stores
by
Ben Bradford
Apr 5, 2019
Sears is once again opening new locations, but much smaller Home & Life stores.
Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed retail
by
Tommy Andres
Dec 20, 2018
A decade later, everything is still on sale.