department store
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Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and the late Vice Chairman Charlie Munger famously regretted their decision to buy a department store.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
He claims to have found a copy of “Lunch on a Beam,” also known as “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper,” at an Austrian department store in 1989 and recognized it from an old family album.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Grilled "kabayaki" using fully farmed eel will be sold from May 29 at a department store in Tokyo and several other outlets including online shops in Japan.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
His father was an explosives engineer for a mining company in a little-known part of northern Spain, his mother worked in a department store.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
One Saturday afternoon, Katie had an odd job at Gorling’s, a large department store in Williamsburg.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
