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• Downtown D.C. says goodbye to Hecht's; Black awnings mark Macy's era.(PAGE ONE)

  - 2006-09-07

  Byline: Jen Haberkorn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The blue awnings at the Hecht Co.'s downtown store have been rolled up and replaced with Macy's black. The coupons and private labels are gone, replaced with Macy's brands and its slogan, "Way to Shop." Salespeople wear black...

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• Boscov's buys Macy's, other stores; Includes 2 sites in Maryland, 7 others in Pennsylvania, New Jersey.(BUSINESS)

  - 2006-02-07

  Byline: Jen Haberkorn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Boscov's Department Stores LLC, the nation's largest family-owned chain of department stores, plans to purchase the Macy's in Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie, Md., with nine other stores, seller Federated Department Stores Inc. said yesterday. ...

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• Farewell, Field's.(The Month in Fashion)

  - 2005-12-01

  For months industry observers have been speculating as to whether Federated Department Stores Inc., which completed its merger with the May Department Stores Co. in August, would drop May's Marshall Field's nameplate. The retail mammoth wasted no time and, in September, announced that it would convert...

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• Hecht's closure to slash 1,033 local jobs; Buyer Federated to turn stores into Macy's.(BUSINESS)

  - 2005-09-21

  Byline: Jen Haberkorn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Hecht Co.'s Arlington headquarters will close in the spring, cutting more than 1,000 local jobs, as the Cincinnati company that bought Hecht's last month turns the locally started stores into Macy's. Federated Department Stores...

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• Hecht's name to be changed in takeover; Will become Macy's brand.(PAGE ONE)

  - 2005-07-29

  Byline: Donna De Marco, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Hecht's name will disappear from the Washington area next year as new owner Federated Department Stores Inc. expands its Macy's brand and eliminates most of May Department Stores Co.'s regional brands. The name...

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• Chain reaction.(The Month in Fashion)

  - 2004-12-01

  Some of America's most venerable department store nameplates--Rich's, founded in 1867; Lazarus, in 1851; and The Bon Marche, in 1890 are about to become part of retail history.. In one of the biggest reshapings of the shopping landscape in years, Federated Department Stores Inc. will convert...

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