{"id":16759,"date":"2026-05-15T22:27:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=16759"},"modified":"2026-05-15T22:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:27:51","slug":"americas-oldest-department-store-shuts-down-after-200-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=16759","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s Oldest Department Store Shuts Down After 200 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After 196 years in business, Lord &amp; Taylor officially closed its doors, becoming one of the biggest retail casualties of the pandemic era. Declining mall traffic, collapsing sales, and the rapid rise of online shopping pushed the iconic department store into liquidation. For generations of loyal shoppers, the closure marked the end of a beloved retail tradition and highlighted how even historic brands can struggle to survive in a rapidly changing world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; After 196 years in business, Lord &amp; Taylor officially closed its doors, becoming one of the biggest retail casualties of the pandemic era. Declining <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=16759\" title=\"America\u2019s Oldest Department Store Shuts Down After 200 Years\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16760,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16759\/revisions\/16760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}