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• FEDERATED 'ON TRACK' AS SALES SURGE; DESPITE DRAMATIC GROWTH, COSTS OF MAY CO. ACQUISITION PULL DEPARTMENT STORE RETAILER INTO RED IN FIRST QUARTER.(Federated Department Stores Inc., May Department Stores Co.)

  - 2006-05-15

  Byline: VICKI M. YOUNG NEW YORK - Federated Department Stores Inc.'s bottom line for the first quarter of its "transition year" was heavily weighed down by the costs of merging with May Department Stores. The retailer last Wednesday posted a...

  Tags: acquisition, Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Investment, Lord & Taylor, Macy, May Department Stores Co., Retail, SALES

• Merger costs, weak sales hurt May's quarterly earnings

  - 2005-08-10

  ST. LOUIS -- May Department Stores Co.'s earnings fell by nearly half in the second quarter, hurt by expenses from a pending merger with rival Federated Department Stores Inc. and disappointing same- store sales, the company said Tuesday. Quarterly income dropped to $52 million, or 16 cents per...

  Tags: earnings, Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Investment, Lord & Taylor, May Department Stores Co., merger, SALES

• MAY GETS ITS BLOOMIE'S KILLER: WILL FIELD'S STAY OFF THE MATRIX?(May Department Stores Co. purchases Marshall Field's chain)

  - 2004-06-14

  Byline: Barbara Thau, Allison Zisko, Leticia Leizens, Jennifer White contributed to this report. Byline: Barbara Thau, Allison Zisko, Leticia Leizens, Jennifer White contributed to this report.

  Tags: Lord & Taylor, May Department Stores Co., Bloomingdale's

• Marshall Field's Chain Sold to May Department Stores in $3.2-Billion Deal.

  - 2004-06-10

  By Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--Target Corp. agreed Wednesday to sell its 62 Marshall Field's department stores to May Department Stores Co. of St. Louis, the parent company of the struggling Lord & Taylor chain. ...

  Tags: Detroit, Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Hudson, Lord & Taylor, Macy, May Department Stores Co., Michigan, SALES, Target Corp.

• May Department Stores No Stranger to Purchasing Retail Chains.

  - 2004-06-10

  Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--Buying retail chains is nothing new for May Department Stores Co. The St. Louis-based retail company has become one of the country's biggest consolidators of department store chains, rivaled only by Federated...

  Tags: Branding, Lord & Taylor, MARKETING, May Department Stores Co., Retail, SALES

• May Department Stores to Buy Marshall Field's.

  - 2004-06-10

  The Wisconsin State Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--The new owner of the Marshall Field's store in Madison said Wednesday it would keep the store's upscale brands and flavor but introduce a new focus on young shoppers. The May...

  Tags: Branding, Lord & Taylor, MARKETING, Marshall, May Department Stores Co., SALES

• Loss of Downtown Stores A U.S. Trend, But Pittsburgh Still Has Many Retailers.

  - 2004-01-18

  By Teresa F. Lindeman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 18--Federated Department Stores' decision to close its nearly new Downtown Lazarus-Macy's store, coming just months after May Department Stores Co. said it will close the neighboring Lord & Taylor store,...

  Tags: Lord & Taylor, May Department Stores Co., Pittsburgh, Retail, SALES, Strategy

• Timetable Starts to Emerge for Closure of Lord & Taylor's Florida Stores.

  - 2003-12-18

  By Karen-Janine Cohen, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 18--Though the news has been out for months, the closing of Lord & Taylor's Florida stores took on a new dimension this week with a notice that the Aventura store will...

  Tags: Lord & Taylor, May Department Stores Co.

• St. Louis-Based May Department Stores Announces Merchandise, Layout Changes.

  - 2002-05-25

  By Chern Yeh Kwok, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 25--HOUSTON--May Department Stores Co. said Friday that it is going more casual in all areas of its business, from the goods in its department stores to its advertising, as the...

  Tags: assortment, FINANCE, Lord & Taylor, May Department Stores Co., Retail, shareholder

• Detroit Free Press Doron Levin Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

  - 2000-07-06

  Jul. 7--LORD & TAYLOR HAS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER HERE: If I were a shareholder of St. Louis-based May Department Stores Co., owner of Lord & Taylor, I'd have some tough questions for chief executive Eugene Kahn at the next annual meeting. Why weren't you...

  Tags: FINANCE, Lord & Taylor, MARKETING, May Department Stores Co., SALES