Author and historian Leslie Goddard’s fascination with department stores runs in the family. Her grandfather was a department store lifer, working first for Marshall Field’s then Carson Pirie Scott.

The first object you see in “The History of Department Stores” at the City of Architecture and Heritage museum is a larger-than-life plaster caryatid. This draped female figure, familiar from ancient ...

DALLAS — The Neiman Marcus Company has been a staple in Dallas for over a century. Today, with rival department store Saks Fifth Avenue buying the company for $2.65 billion, the future of the store's ...

The high ceilings and glowing lights make the broad aisles look otherworldly in the 1936 photograph. Below the lights, long rows of polished shelves offer precious commodities, meticulously staged to ...

Ladies in hats, gloves and suits surrounded by shopping bags. Friendly, familiar waitresses. Distinct decor. Tantalizing desserts. Many Americans, Delawareans included, have fond memories of dining in ...

“Shop till you drop” did not always mean “shop till your phone drops from your trembling, bargain-hunting hand.” For a very long while, “going shopping” in Los Angeles, especially for the holidays, ...

Walk up a marble double staircase, step off onto the second floor and follow the faint scent of perfume to the fragrance ...

During the holiday season, many of us spend time (not to mention money) in shopping malls and stores. Before the internet age and the convenience of online shopping, however, you were likely to spend ...

In October, The Spokesman-Review wrote about how “The Strange Beautiful” author Carla Crujido is seeking stories from the Crescent and is calling on readers to submit their tales of the shopping mecca ...

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Almost any non-essential retailer can look like a hero in 2021, after the pain of 2020’s results. Department stores are no exception, with several reporting positive Q2’s in recent weeks. However, ...