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• Sachse to Lead Macy's Marketing and Online Business

  - 2007-05-30

  CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD)(NYSE Arca:FD) today announced that Peter Sachse, chairman and chief executive officer of macys.com, will assume an additional role as the company's chief marketing officer and president of Macy's Corporate Marketing, effective immediately. In this role, he replaces Anne MacDonald. Sachse was the...

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• Federated has profit in 1st quarter

  - 2007-05-17

  CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores Inc. said Wednesday it swung to a first-quarter profit, but adjusted earnings missed Wall Street estimates as sales at newly converted Macy's stores remained weak. The company earned $36 million, or 8 cents per share, in the quarter ended May 5, compared with...

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• Macy's exploring foreign opportunities

  - 2007-04-02

  BARCELONA, Spain -- U.S. department store retailer Federated Department Stores Inc., which owns the Macy's chain, is exploring possible opportunities to expand abroad, Chief Executive Terry Lundgren said Friday. Speaking on the sidelines of the Retail World Congress in Barcelona, Lundgren said he was attending the event because...

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• Federated Plans Corporate Name Change

  - 2007-02-27

  Shareholders to Vote on Conversion to Macy's Group, Inc. CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD) (NYSE Arca:FD) today announced that its Board of Directors will ask shareholders to change the company's name to Macy's Group, Inc. A vote to amend the corporation's charter to accommodate the new name...

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• Federated faces challenges in keeping former customers

  - 2007-01-14

  Kathy Olsen of Salt Lake City shopped at ZCMI for years. When that historic, Utah-based chain was sold to May Department Stores Co. and later became Meier & Frank, she came to love the store under that name, too. But when Meier & Frank became Macy's...

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• Macy's puts Phila. memories into one store.

  - 2006-11-25

  For some Philadelphians, Black Friday is more than just the official start to the holiday shopping season. It's about hanging out at the giant eagle in the Wanamaker Building in Center City, or straining your neck to watch the Christmas light show with friends and family. It's about strolling through...

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• Federated to sell Bridal Group in 2 deals for $850

  - 2006-11-20

  CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores Inc. said Friday it will sell its Bridal Group division in two separate transactions for a total of $850 million. An affiliate of Los Angeles-based Leonard Green & Partners is paying about $750 million for the 269-store David's Bridal and 10- store Priscilla...

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• MACY'S 'COAST-TO-COAST' BLITZ: NOW WITH OVER 800 DEPARTMENT STORES ACROSS THE U.S., MACY'S SEEN BOOSTING FEDERATED SALES TO $27 BILLION.(Federated Department Stores Inc., May Department Stores Co.)

  - 2006-09-11

  Byline: JEAN E. PALMIERI NEW YORK - Calling it "the shot heard round the world," Terry Lundgren, chairman and CEO of Federated Department Stores, kicked off the company's largest and splashiest advertising and marketing campaign ever last week as it officially converted more...

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• Macy's kickoff set for Saturday

  - 2006-09-08

  After months of preparation, Marshall Field's in Grand Forks and other locations officially will become Macy's during grand opening and ribbon-cutting events Saturday.The Grand Forks Macy's in Columbia Mail will begin the celebration at 9 a.m. by rolling out the red carpet and giving the first 500 customers whostop in...

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• Macy's launches big ad campaign

  - 2006-09-07

  CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores Inc., the nation's biggest department store retailer, on Wednesday unveiled a large promotional campaign to relaunch the Macy's brand nationwide. The promotions are aimed at building Macy's into a nationwide brand while luring customers of the former May stores that include such longtime...

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