PHILADELPHIA − A crowd waited outside Macy's for the doors to open on a cloudy, foggy Tuesday morning a couple of weeks before Christmas. Some were there to shop, but others, such as Bryan and Amanda ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lazarus department store was a Columbus institution for nearly 175 years before being absorbed by Macy’s in 2005. Ironically, many ...

Rike’s department store was known for its decorations and activity around Christmastime. Many Daytonians may remember being enthralled by the animated store windows around the holidays. The iconic ...

List of figures -- Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 Retail architecture : The visibility of construction and renovation -- The changeable design of the storefront -- Architectural display as ...

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 ...

Lazarus department store was a Columbus institution for nearly 175 years before being absorbed by Macy’s in 2005. Ironically, many Columbus and central Ohio residents associated Lazarus with the ...

ELEC copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction ...