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What makes Boscov's thrive when so many department stores are dying?

While many department stores are closing, the family-owned Boscov's continues to open new locations. Boscov's employees attribute the chain's success to its focus on customer service. Unlike ...

Department stores get makeovers

Department stores chasing beauty sales are introducing some of the serve-yourself features of Sephora -- Nordstrom put in a ...
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 ...
The Drive

Department Store Monorails Are a Memory Kids These Days Won’t Have

In the era of online shopping, department stores are but a hazy memory of a bygone era. Even with all the convenience Amazon offers, it’s hard not to feel like we’ve lost something—especially the ...
Altoona Mirror

Department stores try to distinguish themselves as beauty lovers turn to TikTok and Amazon

It’s shoppers like Quinn Kelsey who keep department store executives up at night. The 38-year-old Denver resident gets makeup ...
AOL

3 Reasons Behind Department Store Closures — And What It Means for Your Wallet

Back in February, American department store chain Macy’s announced it would be closing 150 stores as it plans on shifting its priority toward the marketing of its luxury items. It plans to close its ...

75-year-old department store brand closing forever

Department stores used to rule the retail world. Chains like Macy's, Filene's, and J.C. Penney anchored malls and drove ...
Vogue

Why luxury resellers and department stores are rekindling their relationship

This article on luxury resellers is part of our Vogue Business Membership package. To enjoy unlimited access to Member-only reporting and insights, our NFT Tracker, Beauty Trend Tracker and TikTok ...
Forbes

Amazon Disrupts Retail (Again) With New Department Stores

After successfully disrupting online shopping, convenience stores, bookstores, grocery stores and more, Amazon has its eyes set on a new target: department stores. Amazon is soon expected to open a ...

Department store closures: 12 chains shutting locations through 2026 and why

Retailers including Macy’s, JCPenney, Sears, and Belk are closing locations through 2026 as companies restructure store ...
Retail Dive

Department stores' decade of decline

The heyday is over. The question for department stores now is whether there will be a new day. Certainly, the pandemic has made that already sticky question all the more difficult to answer. But many ...

Here's what stores are open, and which ones are closed, on Christmas

From department stores to grocers, many companies across the U.S. close early on Christmas Eve and shut their doors entirely on Christmas Day — while others opt to cut back hours ...