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• MERGER MAKES A `FEDER-AL' CASE OF MAY'S HOME DEPARTMENT.

  - 2005-03-21

  Byline: Barbara Thau NEW YORK-The merger of Federated Department Stores and May Department Stores Co. will create a retailer with $4.4 billion in home furnishings sales. But what will it take to "Feder-alize" May's home business, its worst-performing division of late? ...

  Tags: assortment, brand, Branding, Macy, MARKETING, May Department Stores Co., merger, supplier, textiles

• Some shoppers sad to see stores renamed

  - 2005-03-04

  SEATTLE -- Standing outside the Bon Marche department store in downtown Seattle, Marguerite Norbut lamented the day that workers replaced the sign she'd walked past for years with a new but familiar name: Macy's. "I've seen it since I was a little girl!" said Norbut, 54, who grew...

  Tags: brand, Branding, Federated Department Stores Inc., Macy, MARKETING, May Department Stores Co.

• CHANNELSURFING; THE STAKES ARE HIGHER THAN EVER IN TODAY'S RETAIL ENVIRONMENT. WWDCB CHECKS IN WITH THREE DEPARTMENT STORE COMPANIES TO SEE HOW THEIR KIDS' BUSINESSES ARE FARING AS THE FIRMS MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE.(May Department Stor

  - 2004-10-01

  Byline: Thomas J. Ryan May Co. Struggling to turn around three consecutive years of same-store declines, May is betting that an emphasis on fashion, newness and better merchandise will revive its topline. The...

  Tags: adjustment, brand, Branding, Dillard, environment, Kohl's Corp., MARKETING, May Department Stores Co., Stage Stores Inc.

• May Co.'s Cash Buys Marshall Field's Cachet.

  - 2004-06-13

  By Allyce Bess, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 13--May Department Stores Co.'s bold purchase of Marshall Field's is, by any measure, a milestone. Weighing in at $3.24 billion in cash, it's St. Louis-based May's largest acquisition...

  Tags: analyst, brand, Branding, Dillard, Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, Marshall, May Department Stores Co., SALES

• THE POWERS THAT BE; HFN'S FIRST LISTING OF THE 100 BIGGEST MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE HOME FURNISHINGS INDUSTRY.

  - 2003-06-30

  Forgive us, Francis Bacon: Knowledge is not power. Money is power. And don't anyone forget it. In this, the premiere edition of HFN's Power 100 ranking of the most powerful people in the home furnishings industry, a number of criteria...

  Tags: acquisition, brand, CEO, chairman, FINANCE, Investment, Kahn, May Department Stores Co., president, Retail, SALES, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

• Mays Department Stores Introduces New Clothing Brand.

  - 2003-03-08

  By Thomas Lee, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 8--May Department Stores Co. of St. Louis has replaced its defunct "be" women's clothing brand with Ideology, a move the company hopes will give new life to its fledgling private-label...

  Tags: brand, Branding, Ideology, MARKETING, May Department Stores Co., women

• THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK?(possible mergers and acquisitions in home furnishings during 2003)(Industry Overview)

  - 2003-01-06

  Who will be the movers and shakers and who will be moved and shaken in the mergers and acquisitions arena this year? In-Play 2003 is HFN's exclusive report on the suppliers and retailers that figure to be the most likely players in M&A activity....

  Tags: acquisition, brand, Branding, FINANCE, Investment, M&A, MARKETING, Marshall, May Department Stores Co., Mervyn, Retail, sales, Target Corp.

• bebe stores, inc. Wins Appeal: Panel Upholds Order Barring May Department Stores Co. from Using ``be'' Brand

  - 2002-12-20

  Business Editors BRISBANE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 20, 2002 bebe stores, inc. (Nasdaq:BEBE) announced that a federal appeals court panel this week rejected May Department Stores Company's appeal to lift a preliminary injunction that would bar it from using the name "be" on a clothing line for young women. ...

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• St. Louis-Based Retailer Must Inform Shoppers about Clothing.

  - 2002-10-27

  By Chern Yeh Kwok, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 27--The ads on billboards and in magazines implore women to "be a knockout" ... "be someone's dream" ... "be a tomboy" ... "be yourself." But if a lesson...

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• Judge Bars May Department Stores from Using 'Be' Brand on New Clothing Line.

  - 2002-10-22

  By Chern Yeh Kwok, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 22--A federal judge has barred May Department Stores Co. from using its "be" brand on a new apparel line, saying the trademark is "confusingly similar" to a competitor's. ...

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