Department stores are coming back.
The large stores, known to many fashionistas as the place for one-stop shopping for brands like Coach, Prada, Seven, and more, had bowed to smaller chain stores like Abercrombie & Fitch and big-box stores like Target when consumer demand was more generic-centric. But the time of the brand label is back in full swing. International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) research has found that department stores like Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, and J.C. Penney are now ...