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• What's Frango? Macy's isn't saying

  - 2006-12-08

  Imagine you are a beloved celebrity in your home state in the heartland. Someone takes you hundreds of miles away, drops you off at a crowded party where almost no one has heard of you and leaves you, perched prettily on a table, with barely an introduction. Such is the...

  Tags: candy, Chicago, Federated Department Stores Inc., Macy, MARKETING, Marshall, Philadelphia

• Macy's woos new customers

  - 2006-11-22

  CHICAGO -- The bronze signs on the department store's exterior walls still read Marshall Field's, but to Rick Roche, the transformed 10-story Macy's on Chicago's State Street is an unwelcome invader. "They're not going to get any of my business," huffed Roche, 52, a reference librarian from Downers...

  Tags: Chicago, Federated Department Stores Inc., Macy, Retail, SALES

• Macy's Culinary Council Chefs Cook Their Way Across California

  - 2006-10-30

  Master Chefs to Lead Cooking Classes at Select California Macy's Stores November 2-11, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO -- Macy's West, a division of Federated Department Stores, Inc., welcomes six of the nation's top chefs into its Cellar kitchens in conjunction with the nationwide Macy's Culinary Council MCC initiative. The MCC...

  Tags: Chicago, Federated Department Stores Inc., food, Macy, Manufacturing, TVs

• Federated to Cut 155 Jobs, in Minneapolis, Chicago

  - 2006-06-05

  Federated Department Stores Inc., the owner of Macy's and Bloomingdale's, plans to cut 155 jobs mostly in the Minneapolis and Chicago areas as the company continues to absorb the Marshall Field's chain. Some of the cuts will involve Internet customer support jobs, as work from Marshall Field's is...

  Tags: Chicago, Federated Department Stores Inc., job, Macy, Minneapolis

• FIELD'S TO BECOME MACY'S AT STATE STREET; FEDERATED TO SPRUCE UP FLAGHIP BOTH INSIDE AND OUT WHEN IT CONVERTS TO NEW NAME THIS FALL.(Federated Department Stores Inc. acquires Marshall Field's)

  - 2006-05-01

  Byline: ROBERT SHAROFF CHICAGO - It's official: Marshall Field's is history. As of September, the new name of Field's 1.8 million-square-foot downtown store will be Macy's at State Street. But Federated Department Stores, Field's new owner, promised to uphold the traditions and...

  Tags: Chicago, Federated Department Stores Inc., Leadership, Macy, Strategy

• Macy's Unveils Extensive Plans for State Street Flagship Store; Retailer Plans Series of Enhancements for Legendary Department Store in Chicago

  - 2006-04-27

  CHICAGO -- Macy's North, a new division of Federated Department Stores, Inc. that operates Marshall Field's, today unveiled plans to honor and further establish the iconic flagship store on State Street as a landmark and leading shopping destination in Chicago. The extensive plans, launching in 2006, include the return of...

  Tags: Branding, Chicago, Federated Department Stores Inc., Leadership, Macy, MARKETING, North, Retail

• Regret but not resentment so far about switch to Macy's.(News)

  - 2005-09-21

  Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Business Writer While lunching at the Walnut Room at Marshall Field's iconic State Street store this holiday season, take a good look around. The time-honored Chicago tradition won't be the same again. This is likely...

  Tags: brand, Branding, Chicago, Federated Department Stores Inc., Macy, MARKETING, SALES

• May-Federated merger could add to overstock of space; Expected to shut 75-100 stores even as other retailers jettison sites.(News)

  - 2005-03-07

  Byline: SANDRA JONES The pending sale of Marshall Field's parent will unleash another wave of department store space on a market that's getting set to absorb the castoffs of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Holding Corp. and still sopping up leftovers from Montgomery...

  Tags: Chicago, Federated Department Stores Inc., Lord & Taylor, merger, Retail

• Will Field's name survive? Analysts see new name retail icon once merger is completed.(Business)

  - 2005-03-01

  Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Business Writer Linked to Chicago's storied retail past, Marshall Field's may be a casualty of the planned merger of Federated Department Stores Inc. and May Department Stores Co. Legendary philanthropist and retailer Marshall Field was a major...

  Tags: Chicago, Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Investment, May Department Stores Co., merger, Retail, Target Corp.

• May Department Stores to Pay $3.24 Billion for Marshall Field's.

  - 2004-06-10

  By Becky Yerak, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--Marshall Field's is getting a new owner, but its name and its Frango mints will live on. Capping a three-month bidding war, Target Corp. said Wednesday that it would sell...

  Tags: Chicago, Dillard, Federated Department Stores Inc., Lord & Taylor, SALES, Target Corp.