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Article: LIVING: STORE WARS: BACK ON THE HIGH STREET!; Store wars FIVE department stores for Brum Department stores are making a big comeback in Birmingham with the arrival of the likes of Harvey Nichols and Selfridges. Lifestyle Editor CLARE McVEY looks at what the future holds for shoppers in Britain's second city.
- Article from:
- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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Byline: Clare McVey
UNTIL recently, department stores were being written off as out of date in a modern retail world in which consumers had the choice of out-of-town shopping centres, catalogues, the internet or even TV channels.
They had been considered revolutionary when they first appeared at the end of the 19th century but, by the 1970s, they had a rather tired 'Are You Being Served?' image - having failed to keep pace with the arrival of high street chain stores.
Hundreds of traditional department stores closed and even a city the size of ...