March 10 (Reuters) - Kohl's on Tuesday signaled improvement in its apparel category in the first quarter, even as the U.S. department-store operator warned of another year of declining sales overall.

Department stores have just about everything you need from home goods to clothes to a meal after a long day of shopping, but you probably forgot this one.

Can department stores evolve enough to regain relevance? It might take more than the magic of Macy’s. The reason could be encapsulated in one sobering sentence by Macy’s CEO Tony Spring: The chain had ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover major developments in the retail industry. Major department stores are searching for a direction on how to operate in this ...

Macy’s is entering A Bold New Chapter — at least that’s what it calls the strategy it announced on an earnings call Tuesday that was designed to reposition the company. To make that happen, the retail ...

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 ...

Department stores are losing out on retail’s wins, teeing them up for owners to rethink or redevelop the large sites. Once considered a retail necessity to attract shoppers to sprawling malls, the ...

Author and historian Leslie Goddard’s fascination with department stores runs in the family. Her grandfather was a department store lifer, working first for Marshall Field’s then Carson Pirie Scott.