department store
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One room had squeaky, thin-slat wooden floors that housed a small department store assortment of dishes, kitchen appliances, tools, fans—just about anything a house would need.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
But its collapse signalled the "death knell" for the department store format, said Jana Bowden, who teaches marketing at Macquarie University's Business School.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Paris department store BHV Marais, which courted controversy last year with a partnership with Asian fast-fashion giant Shein, said Tuesday it had sought bankruptcy protection to protect its operations and jobs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Some of the outfits on display seem more suited for the parade held by a certain downtown department store, though that holiday march wouldn’t begin until 1924.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The War Department hired women to pose as mannequins and stand in the windows of Norfolk’s Smith & Welton department store, their task to entice other women to apply for war jobs.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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