Department Stores

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Permacrisis, AI and the Future of Stores: The IGDS World Department Store Summit 2026

The department store sector has been declared dead more times than anyone cares to count. […]

Interior view of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, filled with tourists, shoppers and luxury stores.

The New Geometry of the Luxury Destination

The mall-as-landlord model is obsolete. Three integration models are replacing it — and the operators […]