Forbes

Walmart’s New Store Design Sends Another Department Store ‘Wake-Up’ Call

We seem to be living in a topsy-turvy state of retailing right now. Corporate raiders are swarming over once glamourous or at least vital, undervalued flailing department stores, looking to extract ...
Retail TouchPoints

As Malls Reinvent Themselves, Department Stores Will Need to Rethink and Redesign

It’s no secret that malls are struggling for relevancy. Once the “it” hangout spot for elderly mall walkers and teenyboppers alike, many malls have been left in the dust by rapid shifts in the way ...
CNN

How America’s once great department stores became a dying breed

Macy’s announcement Tuesday that it will close 150 stores, or nearly a third of its total, is the result of a once-great department store industry in decades of decline. The gradual demise of the ...
Star Tribune

Revisit 6 retail titans from Minnesota's 20th-century department store heyday

Due this month from the Minnesota Historical Society Press, "Thank You for Shopping" chronicles the history of department stores in Minnesota — from their rise in the late 1800s through their decline ...