There's something about sitting at a lunch counter that younger generations just don't get. Sure, we have food courts now.

War rooms and innovation will bring beauty into the future and increasingly online, says Adore Beauty co-founder Kate Morris. At the Australian Governance Summit held by the Australian Institute of ...

May 18, 1942: The nations of the world flag display in Leonard Brothers department store. Fort Worth Star-Telegram archives/UT Arlington Special Collections Leonards Department Store was a Fort Worth ...

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 ...

Generally considered the world’s first department store, Le Bon Marché in Paris spurred a retail revolution when it began its incredible expansion in the late 19th century. The stores that followed on ...

A crowd gathers outside Herbst Department Store on May 23, 1922, for the retailer's "Dollar Day" sale. The store at 16 Broadway was a bustling center of activity for 90 years before it closed. Now, ...

Image in the public domain from New York Illustrated (published 1877 but appears to be early 1850s). Once located at 280 Broadway between Chambers and Reade Streets in Tribeca was one of the nation’s ...

Before the nationwide influx of suburban malls and the convenience of online shopping, there was a golden age of American department stores. More than merely local shopping hubs, these ostentatious ...

A racially diverse group of customers shop Baltimore's downtown shopping district in the early 1970s. There was a time when America’s department stores were powerful institutions. They were operated ...