#department-stores

#department-stores

Piles of folded sweaters and polo shirts cascaded into disorder, their tags boasting incremental markdowns that seemed to shout over one another. The escalator, unmaintained for close to a year, stood inert. Nervous-looking shoppers bouldered their way up its heavy corrugated steps in search of washrooms or the closest exit to the parking lot. All the beauty counters featured displays which had been denuded to East German levels of bare.

By the time it opened, Grants Department Store was referred to as the Harrods of its generation, providing luxury shopping access to Croydon.

Sears once dominated the retail scene in South Florida, with multiple locations, but significant changes have left the region with only one store, facing potential redevelopment.