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The Department Store Is Not Dead
August 19, 2026 · 1 min read · ORBIS Editorial
The department store survives wherever it remembered to be a spectacle. The great ones are edited cities under one roof.
“Go for the food halls, stay for the floors you didn't plan.”
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From the Atlas
- Coin Piazza Della Signoria, Florence / Online
Italian department-store chain founded in 1916 near Venice by Vittorio Coin, who began as a licensed street vendor of fabrics; its Florence store, after closing on Via dei Calzaiuoli in 2021, reopened near Piazza della Signoria in December 2022. store page → · open in the atlas → - Rinascente Milan & Rome / Online
Italy's grand department store — the Duomo rooftop food hall and eight floors of curation. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Mall Firenze Outlet & The Mall, Florence / Online
Tuscany's luxury outlet village — Gucci to Prada at outlet prices in Leccio. store page → · open in the atlas → - Upim Piazza Della Signoria, Florence / Online
The Italian popular department chain since 1928 — affordable family clothing and homeware on historic high streets. store page → · open in the atlas → - Aeon Mall Japan
Japan’s dominant mall operator — retail cathedrals with food halls, arcades and every national brand. store page → · open in the atlas →