Do Department Stores Have a Future? (Part 1) w/ Simeon Siegel and Ethan Chernovsky

This week we go deep on the future of department stores with Simeon Siegel, senior retail & ecommerce analyst at BMO Capital Markets and Ethan Chernovsky, VP of marketing at Placer.ai. Our fast-paced discussion covers a lot of territory, from how department stores have evolved, to what we mean when we talk about "department stores" today, to whether recent positive news suggests a renaissance or more of a dead count bounce. We also separate the optimists from the pessimists by dissecting the prospects for malls and particular well known retailers.