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Turn-Style, Mom and Me 13 May 2013 | 10:31 am
Store sale flyers. Every week, tons of these things show up – crammed in the mailbox, stuffed in the Sunday paper, sliding out onto the living room floor. Do people ever save these things? I certainly...
The Modern Side of J.C. Penney 4 May 2013 | 07:55 am
“Picked at random, a single J.C. Penney Co. store can be a remarkably unimpressive establishment.” So went the opening line of a long and generally laudatory September 1950 Fortune magazine article ab...
Remembering Korvette's Eugene Ferkauf 12 Apr 2013 | 11:33 pm
Last year saw the passing of one of the most influential figures in retailing history, one who deserves more recognition than he receives today, I’m afraid. Eugene Ferkauf, founder of the legendary E....
What's in a Name? 13 Feb 2013 | 08:17 am
Not long ago it dawned on me that throughout this site’s existence, over six years now, I’ve never taken the time to explain the origin of its name. You see, the phrase “Pleasant Family Shopping” is a...
Happy New Year! 2 Jan 2013 | 06:16 pm
All right, so this one might be a little obvious- a photo showing a “Happy New Year” sign for a New Year’s Day post, but I like it a lot. This photo, a 1985 original snapshot, depicts the tri-faced to...
...and a Very Merry Christmas to You! 26 Dec 2012 | 04:52 am
This past Thanksgiving I did something I haven’t done in many years. Most years I catch maybe 20 or 30 minutes of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and many years I’ve skipped it altogether. This ye...
It's Christmastiiiiime in Ford City! 25 Dec 2012 | 10:16 am
It was the one indoor marching band event of my high school career. Early one Saturday morning each December, we’d pile into the buses for the 20 minute drive south, passing through towns such as Argo...
Christmas in Herald Square, 1974 23 Dec 2012 | 11:49 am
When people think of New York City’s famed Herald Square, one name in particular comes immediately to mind – Macy’s, of course. Its 110-year old flagship, billed almost from the start as “The World’s ...
A 1950's Christmas in Martinsburg 13 Dec 2012 | 08:11 am
It’s always amazed me how Kodachrome film can make an over 50-year old scene look like it took place last night. That’s certainly the case here in this beautiful night shot of a Christmas shopping cro...
Bring Back the San Fernando Penney's! 27 Sep 2012 | 09:39 am
You know, there must be some people who read this site regularly and wonder – “Dave, you’re a blogger. Why don’t you ever take a stand on anything? You never weigh in on the big issues of our time. Yo...
