When you think about it, department stores are kind of like museums.
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A great department store, easily reached, open at all hours, is more like a good museum of art than any of the museums we have yet established.
I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis's and Owen Owen, only for a short time, and I found department stores personally difficult.
The department store was a product of the 19th century and became a very important institution as America went into the 20th century. It provided show places in developing towns like Terre Haute, Sacramento, and Dallas.
Inherently, department stores have significant advantages compared to all other retailers.
Personal shoppers in big department stores are seriously under-used.
I prefer department stores. In boutiques, they come up and ask you if you need help. I can't get lost in the experience.
Museums are like the quiet car of the world. It's a place you can come to escape, where there's authenticity, there's uniqueness, there's calm, there's physicality.
I despise shopping and department stores.
What we learned was that the collective glamour of a specialty store could sell a lot of merchandise.
As a kid, I would always shop for my back-to-school clothes at department stores. I lived in a small town, and department stores were all we had access to.
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