The death of the department store: Inside the collapse of David Jones

Senior reporter Carrie LaFrenz and fashion editor Lauren Sams on the slow motion demise of department stores, what tipped David Jones over the edge and what’s going to happen now. This podcast is sponsored by Ripple (https://ripple.com/) Further reading: David Jones prepares for collapse as talks fail (https://www.afr.com/companies/retail/...) David Jones will be tipped into administration this week after a rescue plan that would have left the 188-year-old business with just 12 stores unravelled, four months after the retailer managed to find a new financier. ‘Downton Abbey with cash registers’: David Jones from glory to decline (https://www.afr.com/companies/retail/...) The end of the grand old days and why the imminent collapse of David Jones was 188 years in the making. The great retail reckoning is here (https://www.afr.com/companies/financi...) The fallout will ripple through the economy as players shut stores, are picked off by opportunistic buyers or decide it’s too difficult to keep trading. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.