department store

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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 department store pressure and the off-price success are not coincidental,” Siegel said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

The department store chain posted a larger-than-anticipated drop in sales for its latest quarter and guided for its fifth straight year of declining comparable sales.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

When a department store approached us about carrying Tibi, we didn’t have to deliberate.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

The figure is still halfway across the department store but approaching me quickly, parcels spilling out of her arms.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse