The death of the American middle class has brought department stores down with it

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6. people don't get "dressed up" as much these days

even jeans which are a casual clothing item aren't worn as much because a lot of people just wear comfortable things like leggings, yoga pants etc.

it's one reason the high end very expensive jeans went out of business. it was a short term trend with jeans a hundred dollars and rising but didn't last.

many jobs will allow more casual wear and with changes in technology people can work from home at times also.

and places like Target actually have some nice clothes which don't cost much. and they get designers to do special lines for the store which are affordable compared to their usual stuff.

also many department stores started to sell a bunch of crappy things . stores didn't look as nice anymore .

i think they could maybe improve if they make some changes and do a few things like they use to do in the old days. i would say service would be a big thing but it would involve hiring more people and they probably don't want to do that.