Marshall Field’s has returned to State Street for the holiday season. It’s been almost 20 years since the brand was just about discarded from its longtime emporium on State Street by the new owner, ...

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From Sears Roebuck (once the largest retailer in the world) to Marshall Field’s (the Chicago institution that invented the bridal registry) to Woolworth’s (the original five-and-dime), several iconic ...

NEW YORK – Federated Department Stores promised Thursday to uphold the traditions and character of Marshall Field’s on State Street, one of the country’s most revered stores and a Chicago institution, ...

Marshall Field’s is feeling the winds of change. The 150-year-old department store chain is invigorating its State Street flagship in Chicago with floor renovations, leased shops with limited ...

Discover the rise and fall of the legendary department store Marshall Field’s. "Give the lady what she wants." "Meet me under the clock." For generations of Chicagoans, these phrases evoke a single ...

CHICAGO — Every month for the past 70 years Josephine M. Stern and her girlfriends would treat themselves to a trip to Marshall Field’s on State Street. They came here to celebrate birthdays, picking ...

CHICAGO - Only hours after announcing that Marshall Field's stores would be renamed Macy's, Terry Lundgren was asked about changes to the Field's store in downtown Chicago. Would, for example, Macy's ...

In 1907, the Marshall Field's in downtown Chicago added a feature shoppers had never seen in a department store before—a restaurant. Named the Walnut Room for the imported wood paneling on the walls, ...

For a man who would go on to amass a great fortune from his elegant department store, Marshall Field had humble beginnings. Chicago Stories is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...