AP Spotlight Department stores try to distinguish themselves as beauty lovers turn to TikTok and Amazon ANNE D'INNOCENZIO Associated Press Dec 25, 2025 Dec 25, 2025 Updated Jan 29, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK — It's shoppers like Quinn Kelsey who keep department store executives up at night.kAm%96 bg\J62C\@=5 s6?G6C C6D:56?E 86ED >2<6FA :562D 7C@> %:<%@< G:56@D 2?5 @E96C D@4:2= >65:2 4@?E6?E[ ?@E D2=6DA6@A=6 2E 362FEJ 4@F?E6CD] $96 FD6D 2? px 492E3@E E@ 86E AC@5F4E C64@>>6?52E:@?D E92E 7:E 96C 3F586E 2?5 E@ D66 9@H 2 46CE2:? 7@F?52E:@? @C =:ADE:4< H@F=5 =@@< @? 96C] (96? 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Think again — 2 more 7 Brews coming. New Grand Island restaurant offers Cuban buffet with Central American influences Malmo Fire Department prepares to host 27th annual breakfast 1 adult, 4 juveniles charged for altercation following GISH student walkout Movies and TV shows casting in Lincoln A woman has makeup applied at a Nordstrom department store Dec. 8 in New York. Richard Drew, Associated Press kAm~?46 E96 F=E:>2E6 362FEJ 56DE:?2E:@?[ 56A2CE>6?E DE@C6D 3682? E@ =@D6 D2=6D 2?5 E96:C 2FE9@C:EJ 2D EC6?5D6EE6CD :? D<:?42C6 2?5 >2<6FA :? E96 =2E6 `hh_D] %92E H2D H96? 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