: a store having separate sections for a wide variety of goods
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Meanwhile, department stores in Europe logged increases of less than 1 percent, with department stores owned by groups contributing a higher share than pre-COVID-19 to their parent companies’ total retail sales.—Miles Socha, WWD, 24 Mar. 2025 It is now owned by Catalyst Brands, an entity formed on Jan. 8 through the merger of Sparc and department store chain JCPenney, which has been owned since 2020 by mall operators and Simon Property Group.—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 In the episode, a woman named Marsha White goes to a department store looking for a gift for her mother and is directed to an empty elevator by an operator who takes her to the seemingly nonexistent ninth floor.—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025 And luxury brands — a mainstay of department stores — are increasingly trying to connect directly with shoppers and open their own retail locations.—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for department store
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