KNTV Press Here July 13, 2024
Not that long ago, Department Stores were where you went to get new shoes for a Job Interview or something nice for a birthday gift. Marshall fields in chicago, beltz in atlanta, barneys in new york. The oldest and most storied though is lord taylor, 1826 which means it survived the civil war and the great depression, but it could not survive the modern day. Lord taylor faced the same problem all other stores have faced. Ecommerce, a changing clientele, declining foot traffic at malls. Lord taylor started Closing Stores until rescue came from the strangest of places, an upstart San Francisco C...