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My family made regular trips to the mall, shopping at Sears, the Bon Marché, and Claire’s.

“The Ladies’ Paradise” is the English title of Émile Zola’s 1883 novel, set at a store modeled after Le Bon Marché, still standing in Paris despite the ravages of e-commerce.

That includes Japanese retailer Uniqlo, which opened in the former Bon Marché/Macy’s building last year, and Arc’teryx, which moved this spring from 400 Pike across the street to a much larger space at 401 Pike.

Macy’s took on an outsize presence in the Seattle area in 2005, when its parent company at the time acquired The Bon Marché and the storied retailer’s downtown Seattle flagship store.

It closed its Northgate Mall store, another former Bon Marché location, the following year.