The folks in Chicago are still missing Marshall Field’s. We just encountered this BBC report on the issue, and are grateful that the FieldsFansChicago are still at it. There is a great discussion of the issue of international retail brands and retail.
The folks are calling it “corporate imperialism.”
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that flagship store was such a great place. a real destination to shop at and they really should never have changed the brand name