Walk up a marble double staircase, step off onto the second floor and follow the faint scent of perfume to the fragrance counter. You may be tempted to shop but, our apologies, your credit card is no ...

Today, it's easy to go on a shopping spree without leaving your couch, but it wasn't long ago that shopping was an event, and heading to a fancy department store might even require getting dressed in ...

Christmas shopping begins in earnest after Thanksgiving. Not only is it a tradition, it’s one of the biggest days of the year for retailers. The day after Thanksgiving in 1946, Enquirer photographer ...

Before shopping malls and Amazon, downtowns were the place to shop. And when you went shopping downtown in Allentown, Bethlehem or Easton, you most likely went to a department store. Lori Gough ...

Dining at a department store restaurant used to be a treat while shopping. Readers recall fond memories of a lost tradition ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Today, doormen accept our Amazon packages, gift cards materialize in our ...

Generally considered the world’s first department store, Le Bon Marché in Paris spurred a retail revolution when it began its incredible expansion in the late 19th century. The stores that followed on ...

A crowd gathers outside Herbst Department Store on May 23, 1922, for the retailer's "Dollar Day" sale. The store at 16 Broadway was a bustling center of activity for 90 years before it closed. Now, ...

Image in the public domain from New York Illustrated (published 1877 but appears to be early 1850s). Once located at 280 Broadway between Chambers and Reade Streets in Tribeca was one of the nation’s ...