department store

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One department store worker told the BBC that shoppers were being deterred by children "coming in en masse, creating noise and chaos".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Other assets include stakes in LIV Golf, U.K. department store chain Selfridges and Uber.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Get thee to a department store for some soft furnishings.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Left to talk, Jacobs whirls through stories of past, present and future: anecdotes about his grandmother planning her lunch spot around which department store she’d spend the day at, and memories of Bob Fosse films.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

The red velvet that had flown all over the snow that day when she and Lena and her mother had walked past the hospital on their way to the department store.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison