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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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• 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...

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• Operator of Macy's/Bloomingdales to sell 10 mall department stores

  - 2006-02-07

  After being an anchor at White Marsh Mall for nearly 25 years, the Macy's department store there will soon close its doors and reopen as a Boscov's, a family-owned department store chain.Two other Central Maryland Macy's stores will also become Boscov's.Federated Department Stores Inc., the operator of Macy's and Bloomingdales,...

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• Federated growth is big score for Macy's; Marshall Field's will convert; 300 new jobs for NYC.(Federated Department Stores Inc.)(Macy's New York)

  - 2005-09-26

  Byline: Elisabeth Butler employees of macy's in New York must have felt a little smug when they heard the details of Federated's new strategy for creating a national chain with locations in just about every state and Puerto Rico. Though Federated...

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• Federated Department Stores Selects TradeStone Software to Unify Buying Process; Largest US Department Store Operator to More Efficiently Source Domestically and Globally

  - 2005-06-28

  GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- TradeStone Software, the leader in enabling domestic and international sourcing through a Unified Buying Process, today announced Federated Department Stores, Inc., one of the nation's leading department store retailers selected TradeStone Software's Unified Buying Engine and TradeStone Suite to unify the international and domestic sourcing of its...

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• Field's to open store at Bolingbrook site.(News)

  - 2005-04-27

  Byline: Peter Frost Medill News Service Marshall Field's announced plans Tuesday to open its first new full-line department store in almost eight years in spring 2007 for Bolingbrook. The planned 180,000-square-foot store will anchor The Promenade development and will be at...

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• Payless Shoe announces strong Q4 results and Federated to purchase May Stores.

  - 2005-03-02

  M2 PRESSWIRE-2 March 2005-FNWU: Payless Shoe announces strong Q4 results and Federated to purchase May StoresC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02032005 City of Industry, CA - Retail industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU). Federated Department Stores Inc. (NYSE: FD),...

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• Federated Reports 4th Quarter and Annual 2004 Earnings

  - 2005-02-22

  CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD)(PCX:FD) today reported diluted earnings of $2.55 a share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, which was at the high end of the company's prior guidance of $2.50 to $2.55 a share. Earnings in the quarter ended January 29, 2005 topped earnings of...

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• Federated Department Stores hires former CEO of Galyans to head Macy's.

  - 2004-12-02

  By Madhusmita Bora, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 2--Federated Department Stores Inc. announced Wednesday that Edwin J. Holman, former chief executive officer of Galyans Sporting Goods and Outdoor, will head its Atlanta-based Macy's Central division effective Jan. ...

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• Federated 3Q Earnings Exceed Expectations

  - 2004-11-10

  CINCINNATI -- Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FD) (PCX:FD) today reported diluted earnings per share of 42 cents for the third quarter of 2004. This compared to diluted earnings per share of 36 cents in the same 13-week period last year. For the first three quarters of 2004, Federated reported...

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