Are Department Stores Dying? — Market Mad House

Examining Dillard’s (NYSE: DDS) and Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) is an excellent way to answer the question are department stores dying?

Kohl’s and Dillard’s are two of the nation’s most prominent department store brands. For example, Dillard’s Inc. (NYSE: DDS) operates 255 full-line department stores in 29 states. Meanwhile, the Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE: KSS) could be America’s largest traditional department store operator with 1,159 stores, Statista estimates .