Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion,” which traces the stories of three influential women in the history of 20th-century department stores: Hortense Odlum’s leadership of Bonwit ...

American department stores evolved from frontier dry goods dealers in the 1800s into elegant shopping palaces through 20th century and then declined as competition, new management and market ...

The two department stores had been linked via ... where it remained up until the end of the 20th century. The store sold everything from clothing and shoes to home decor, toys, dinnerware and ...

Gartner argued that most department stores lost that charm during the wave of corporate consolidation that swept the sector in the late 20th century. “That’s where I see other department ...

An iconic building in downtown Columbia is set to once again be home to a store. The Shoppes at Tapps, which will be a “boutique department store” with 11,000 square feet of curated retail ...

The historic Tapp’s building was home to Tapp’s Department Store for decades during the 20th century. That department store closed in 1995, according to Historic Columbia. The building was ...