department store

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Originally a huge music department store which sold records and instruments, the building had been slated for demolition after the store filed for insolvency in 1995.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

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

High-end department store Fortnum & Mason is selling its own a short walk away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

In that post, he denied Carroll's claim that she had been attacked by him in the mid-1990s in a New York department store dressing room.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Did Carole’s family pay off the dead girl’s Christmas gifts in department store layaways?

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry