DEPARTMENT STORE NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.(News)

From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: March 2, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Alexander Coolidge Post staff writer

There was a time when department stores ruled the retail scene. Downtowns of any size had more than one, where shoppers enjoyed going to get a special shopping experience complete with attentive service and fine products.

But these days, most downtown department stores have long since dried up and those that still exist, such as Cincinnati's Lazarus, are there mostly because of heavy subsidies from their city government.

Even new suburban shopping centers, such as Deerfield Town Center in Mason and Streets of West Chester, ...

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