[Magdalen] Changing Tastes.

[Roger Stokes]

The plaint this side of the pond is that the development of out of town 
superstores is killing downtown shops. In my small town we still have 
two department stores of modest size but for major shopping people will 
travel to another town with better choice. There is even a half-hourly 
bus service there which takes 40 minutes. The other big, big problem 
downtown shops of all kinds face is that of parking. Having driven into 
downtown Chicago and looked for parking there it is not always easy to find.

Roger

On 17/03/2017 21:47, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>
> The last major store in downtown Minneapolis (MN USA),
> the iconic treasure that was originally Dayton's, then
> Marshall Field's, and finally Macy's closes this Sunday
> 19 March.
>   
> This store was the flagship of the company that bought
> Marshall Field's and then rebranded all its branches
> that name before itself being bought several years ago
> by Macy's and rebranded.
>   
> Along the way the Dayton Company gave birth to both
> B. Dalton (for Bruce Dayton) Bookstores, and Target
> the latter which in turn became the largest part of the
> retailer, and then  a separate entity.
>   
> When I left the Upper Midwest USA 31 years ago,
> the down town sector was vibrant, with several department
> stores, including a large Nieman-Marcus store.  What has
> killed these old retailers is on line shopping.  Who'd a-
> thunk-it then?
>   
> The final closure of what was downtown Dayton's is like
> losing a family member to someone of my generation.
> I wonder what's to become of the twelve story block-square
> building?
>   
> There are a few smallish Macy's in some of the various
> shopping malls in Minneapolis, but they can't replace the
> real thing down town.
>   
> I can still remember the familiar jingle, "Everything's better
> in downtown Minneapolis......"
>   
>   
>   
> David S.
>