Less than a year after being re-opened the Beales department store in #Peterborough is closing.

The city has lost all its flagship #DepartmentStores - John Lewis, Co-op, Beales (twice), C&A.

They lost other big stores too, and we all know that Mothercare, M&S, ToysRus, are all gone.

#Geograph #TownCentres #Recesion #Photography

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7341632

An article on the various department stores that have closed in Singapore over the years.

Robinsons has now joined past stores like John Little, Yaohan, Daimaru, Sogo, Galeries Lafayette, Printemps, Lane Crawford, etc.

https://remembersingapore.org/2020/11/07/singapore-former-department-stores/

#Singapore #History #Shopping #DepartmentStores #Society #Culture

In Singapore, the local firm, Robinsons (established, 1858), is liquidating last two stores here, a victim of falling retails sales and #COVID19 .

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/robinsons-to-close-stores-down-memory-lane-with-one-of-spores-oldest-home-grown-department

#Singapore #Stores #DepartmentStores #History #Business