Department Stores Quotes

“I click to buy it and I’m furious to discover that it’s not available in Ireland and they won’t post it from abroad and the only place that sells it is Harrods and it’s impossible for me to go to Harrods because it’s like being trapped in an Escher painting.”
― Marian Keyes, The Break

“The way a crane creates, then erases itself, from the skyline." He'd been referring to how I, as a copywriter, created R.H. Macy's, but the same metaphor might easily have been applied to how I, as a mother, was creating my son.”
― Kathleen Rooney, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

“Over time many [department stores] had to unshackle themselves from the very things that had once endeared them to their customers: they were forced to trade in their trained staff for harried, part time employees; swap carefully curated merchandise for cheaper selections; and forgo the elaborate window displays and cultural events that they were known for. (page 164)”
― Julie Satow, When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion