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This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores.

Argentina

Australia

  • Harvey Norman. Mainly selling electrical appliance and furniture. The top furniture retailer in Australia. Listed in stock market.
  • David Jones. Luxury retailer, stocks merchandise from Homewares to Fashion. One of the world's oldest department store still trading in original name.
    • John Martin's. Operated by the Hayward family for over 100 years. Bought by David Jones in 1985, absorbed into David Jones in the mid-1990s.

Also operates Target Country, which took over now-defunct Fosseys. Target Country in areas with smaller population and is a scaled down version of standard Target.

  • Harris Scarfe. Department store retailer selling homewares, manchester and casual lifestyle apparel. Was listed in stock market until 2001.

Also operates the Allens department store chain in New South Wales and the ACT.

  • Dimmeys. Department store selling quality merchandise at bargain prices. It is the second-oldest department store still operating under its original name.

Defunct

  • Venture - Discount Department store - Opened in 1970. Went bankrupt in 1992.
  • Super K-Mart - Store concept and culture did not work. From mid-80s to 1991.
  • Norman Ross - Discount department store operated by the current owners of Harvey Norman - bought out by Waltons and later failed.
  • Waltons - Opened in 1951 as a meanswear shop. Converted to a department store in 1955 and grew to 96 stores across Australia. Failed in 1987 due to financial difficulties.
  • Gowings - Small department store selling menswear. Operated from 1868-2006.
  • Daimaru - Failed after just 11 years in operation.
  • Farmers - Bought by Myer in 1961, rebranded as Myer in 1976, rebranded as Grace Bros in 1983 and back to Myer in 2004.

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Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

Current

Historic

Czech Republic

Chile

Defunct

  • J.C. Penney - 6 stores in Santiago area. Closed because of poor sellings in 1999.
  • Muricy's - 1 store in Las Condes area. Closed because of poor sellings in 1991.
  • Sears - closed because of an economical recession in 1988.

Colombia

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

  • Ahrens - a department store in Marburg
  • Alsterhaus - a department store in Hamburg, belonging to the Karstadt group
  • C&A - not a department store, sells only clothes
  • Carsch Haus - a department store in Dusseldorf belonging to the Kaufhof group
  • Galeries Lafayette Berlin - Berlin branch of the French department store
  • KaDeWe - Located in Berlin part of Karstadt
  • Karstadt - The leading German department store group
  • Kaufhof / Galeria Kaufhof (daughter of the Metro group)
  • Müller - not really a department store, more a large chemists that sells several additional goods such as housewares, multi-media, toys
  • Wertheim - Karstadt runs two department stores in Berlin under this traditional name
  • Woolworth - German branch of the Woolworth group, meanwhile independent from the international Woolworth group, owned now by some German managers

Historic

  • Hertie (merged with Karstadt, one top range store left in Munich, all other stores were re-named into "Karstadt" or have been closed)
  • Horten (merged with Kaufhof) - all stores were re-named into "Kaufhof" or "Galeria Kaufhof" or have been closed[2]
  • Kaufhaus Schocken (merged with Horten and later Kaufhof)

Hong Kong

Hungary

Skala Corvin

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

Hamashbir Latsarchan

Japan

Current

Defunct

Malaysia

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

Defunct

Panama

Pakistan

Peru

Defunct

  • Oechsle
    Broken up in the early 90s. It was the oldest department store in Peru.
  • Hogar
    Broken up in 1996.
  • Saga
    Sold to Falabella (Chile) and rebranded as Saga Falabella in 1995.
  • Sears
    Sold to and rebranded as Saga in the late 80s.

Philippines

Poland

Puerto Rico

Defunct:

Romania

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Slovakia

  • Tesco (see also Czech Republic)

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Thailand

Turkey

United Kingdom

Current

Historical

Former department store groups

  • Allders
  • J J Allen
  • Army & Navy Stores
  • Arnotts
  • Bairds
  • John Barker & Co
  • Bentalls
  • Binns
  • Bobbys
  • Brown Muffs
  • C & A Closed all UK stores in 2000.
  • Co-op (trading name used by a variety of co-operative societies for their department stores)
  • Chiesmans
  • E Dingle & Co
  • Harrods
  • Hides
  • Kennards
  • Lewis's
  • Littlewoods
  • Marshall & Snelgrove
  • Plummer Roddis
  • Mathias Robinson
  • Peter Robinson
  • Selfridge Provincial Stores
  • Sunwin House (trading name used by United Co-operatives)
  • United Drapery Stores

Stores which were not amalgamated into any of the businesses listed above but have now ceased trading

United States of America

See also