17 photos show the meteoric rise and fall of Macy's, JCPenney, and Sears

Seph Lawless; Skye Gould/Business Insider In the past year, department store chains have announced a wave of location closures across the United States. Macy's recently revealed plans to shut down 100 stores. In July, Sears saidit's shuttering43 US stores, in addition to the 265closings itannounced in early 2017. JCPenneyreleased a list of 138 stores it will close this year. All three chains areconsidering even more closures as they battle declining sales, largely due tochanging consumer habits ...