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

Rike’s department store was known for its decorations and activity around Christmastime. Many Daytonians may remember being enthralled by the animated store windows around the holidays. The iconic ...

PHILADELPHIA − A crowd waited outside Macy's for the doors to open on a cloudy, foggy Tuesday morning a couple of weeks before Christmas. Some were there to shop, but others, such as Bryan and Amanda ...

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 mechanically powered holiday scenes that once filled department-store windows in Canada are still humming. Here’s where to find them. By Ian Austen Decades ago in many Canadian cities, Christmas ...

Three scale models of an iconic department store are to go on public display. Jacksons was founded in 1875, and its flagship store in Reading remained open until 2013. Now, scale models of three of ...

ELEC copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction ...

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, ...

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 ...