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The Department Store Is Not Dead
Published · 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 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
Rinascente is 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
The Mall Firenze is a Tuscan luxury outlet complex in Leccio, bringing brands from Gucci to Prada together at outlet prices. store page → · open in the atlas → - Upim Florence / Online
The Italian popular department chain since 1928 — affordable family clothing and homeware on historic high streets. store page → · open in the atlas → - BHV Marais Paris
BHV is a Paris department store on rue de Rivoli, opposite the Hotel de Ville in the Marais. Its shopping departments bring fashion and goods for the home into the same building, with a DIY department in the basement. The business began in 1856, giving household repairs a place alongside clothing within its long-running retail mix. store page → · open in the atlas →