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Department stores
A cap on credit card fees would hurt department stores most
Apr 29, 2024
Charge cards have become an important piece of the bottom line for department stores, including Nordstrom, Macy’s and Kohl’s.
Department stores like Macy's rely on an old shopping model. Can they change?
Feb 27, 2024
In the age of globalism and online shopping, the department store’s strength — as a place for everything — has became its weakness.
The problem of "sameness"
by
Ellen Rolfes
Jan 31, 2024
Why department stores struggle to retain relevancy.
Testing out an AI-powered shopping assistant
by
Ellen Rolfes
Jan 16, 2024
Retailers experiment with generative AI chatbots.
“Sell, sell, sell”: How Neiman Marcus' flagship store catered to the superrich
by
Ellen Rolfes
Jan 8, 2024
We're watching "The Store" in January.
What happened to the "magic of Macy's"?
Dec 11, 2023
Investors are reportedly offering less than $6 billion to buy the once-iconic department store chain.
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.
For public good, not for profit.
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.