Macy’s is entering A Bold New Chapter — at least that’s what it calls the strategy it announced on an earnings call Tuesday that was designed to reposition the company. To make that happen, the retail ...

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 ...

Today, it's easy to go on a shopping spree without leaving your couch, but it wasn't long ago that shopping was an event, and heading to a fancy department store might even require getting dressed in ...

For decades, department stores defined the American shopping experience. From crowded malls to bustling downtown districts, ...

Can department stores evolve enough to regain relevance? It might take more than the magic of Macy’s. The reason could be encapsulated in one sobering sentence by Macy’s CEO Tony Spring: The chain had ...

Department stores have just about everything you need from home goods to clothes to a meal after a long day of shopping, but you probably forgot this one.

Department stores are losing out on retail’s wins, teeing them up for owners to rethink or redevelop the large sites. Once considered a retail necessity to attract shoppers to sprawling malls, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover major developments in the retail industry. Major department stores are searching for a direction on how to operate in this ...

Department stores used to rule the retail world. Chains like Macy's, Filene's, and J.C. Penney anchored malls and drove people to shop. When I was younger, back in the 1980s and 90s, these stores were ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JCPenney and Joann are just two of several big-name department store chains expected to shutter stores this year. The two ...