David Jones held many rites of passage for Australians. Lately it feels like death by a thousand cuts | Glynis Traill-Nash

David Jones held many rites of passage for Australians. Lately it feels like death by a thousand cuts | Glynis Traill-Nash

The department store’s future is in question, but its legacy has many points of prideGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailDavid Jones has lived through a lot. It has survived two world wars, the Great Depression, modern recessions and changing tastes. But lately, it feels like death by a thousand cuts for the department store, whose future beyond Christmas is in question. Not that other department stores…

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