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• KKR reportedly considering bid to buy Macy's for $24 billion

  - 2007-07-19

  CINCINNATI -- Macy's Inc. may be finding its way out of its troubles by going private. Rumors have been rampant for the last couple of weeks that the company may be the target of a leveraged buyout, and the stock price rose Wednesday after a report said a...

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• Pittsburgh Law Office of Alfred G. Yates Jr., PC Commences Class Action Suit Against Macy's Inc

  - 2007-06-07

  PITTSBURGH -- Notice is hereby given by the Law Office of Alfred G. Yates Jr., PC that it has commenced a class action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Macy's Inc. (formerly known as Federated Department Stores, Inc.)...

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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 OKs plan to take Macy's name

  - 2007-05-19

  Federated Department Stores Inc. shareholders approved a plan to change the company's name to Macy's Inc. Stockholders voted to adopt the name at Federated's annual meeting in Cincinnati Friday, nine months after it doubled the number of Macy's locations to more than 800. The company, the second- biggest...

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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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• Federated Reports First Quarter Earnings of 11 Cents Per Diluted Share from Continuing Operations, up from a Loss of 13 Cents Per Diluted Share Last Year

  - 2007-05-16

  Diluted EPS is 16 Cents, Excluding Merger Integration Costs CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD)(NYSE Arca:FD) today reported diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of 11 cents for the first quarter of 2007, ended May 5, 2007. This compares with a loss of 13 cents per diluted...

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• Colorado Springs Retail Briefs: May 11, 2007

  - 2007-05-11

  Americans deem frontline sales staff the single biggest detriment to their shopping experience, resulting in more lost business and negative word of mouth than any other shopping problem. These were the findings of the Retail Customer Dissatisfaction Study, conducted for the second year by the Verde Group, a...

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• Federated's April Same-Store Sales Down 2.2%

  - 2007-05-10

  CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD)(NYSE Arca:FD) today reported total sales of $1.837 billion for the four weeks ended May 5, 2007, a decrease of 2.1 percent compared to total sales of $1.875 billion in the same period last year. On a same-store basis, Federated's sales for April were...

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• Federated to invest $100m online.(INTERNATIONAL NEWS)

  - 2007-04-20

  Federated Department Stores Inc. plans to spend $100m on its internet operations in an effort to boost its online sales to $1bn by next year. Federated's online businesses include macys.com, bloomingdales.com, macysweddingchannel.com and bloomingdalesweddingchannel.com. Its direct-to-customer business also includes Bloomingdale's by Mail,...

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• Colorado Springs Retail Briefs: April 16, 2007

  - 2007-04-13

  Billions of dollars of merchandise are stolen every year through organized retail crime, but a Web-based database launched this week will allow retailers to share information to help fight organized theft, burglaries, robberies, counterfeiting and online auction fraud. The Law Enforcement Retail Partnership Network, or LERPnet, was created...

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