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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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• Analysis of Federated Department Stores Inc.

  - 2007-01-22

  M2 PRESSWIRE-22 January 2007-bellwetherreport.com: Analysis of Federated Department Stores IncC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22012007 Analysis of Federated Department Stores Inc (NYSE:FD) Federated Department Stores' crusade to unite the US department store industry continued with its acquisition of rival May...

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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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• 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...

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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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• Federated Prices $1.1 Billion Senior Notes Offering

  - 2006-11-17

  CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD) (NYSE Arca:FD) today announced the pricing of the public offering of $1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes by its wholly owned subsidiary, Federated Retail Holdings, Inc. The senior notes will bear interest at a rate of 5.90 percent per annum and...

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