EditorialA former Debenhams department store that was redeveloped and is now called Bobby’s in Bournemouth, England, May 26, 2023. (Alex Atack/The New York Times)
EditorialAn empty Debenhams department store in the main shopping district in Swindon, England, west of London, Nov. 8, 2022. (Andrew Testa/The New York Times)
EditorialDebenhams shut down its department stores in May 2021, and some blame the three American private equity funds that once owned the chain for contributing to the demise.?(Suzie Howell/The New York Times)
EditorialThe old Debenhams in Bournemouth, England, May 30, 2021, is being redeveloped as Bobby’s, the name of the department store that occupied the site in the first half of the 20th century. (Suzie Howell/The New York Times)