SHANGHAI’S 81-year-old No. 1 Department Store on Nanjing Road E., once the largest in the Far East, will close from June 19 for a major face-lift to fight back against online shopping, officials said over the weekend.

Once the most popular shop in the city, No. 1 will reopen by the end of October along with its neighboring Orient Shopping Center after the renovation to adjust their operations to meet the demands of consumers in the Internet era, Huangpu District government said.

The two stores will be integrated with skywalks into the No. 1 Department Store Shopping Center to target families from both home and abroad, according to the Bailian Group that owns both stores.