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		<title><![CDATA[Macy's Carves Out a Piece of Roy's Designer Brand]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Designer Rachel Roy and her partners at Jones Apparel Group are looking for greener, or at least broader, pastures and so are creating a brand for Macyâ€™s.    Formerly Royâ€™s label was found only at luxury department stores such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Saks, but the new...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:38:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Macy's Takes on Lifestyle Challenge with New Store Concept]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Macyâ€™s is opening a new kind of store for a new kind of mall.    The unique store concept, officially debuting today in Gilbert, Ariz., an affluent suburb of Phoenix, is a prototype that operates on one level â€" no elevators or escalators â€" over 120,000 square feet,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:24:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tom Thumb Battles Recession with Loyalty Program]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/1000835/tom-thumb-battles-recession-with-loyalty-program/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Retailers donâ€™t always get the most out of technology, preferring to stick with old methods and not taking full advantage of whatâ€™s possible, but a crisis like the recession can get the once reluctant thinking about how to get more out of what tools they have, and that can be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:37:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Macy's Builds on Internet Momentum with Makeover Mentor Kelly]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Macyâ€™s is launching a new online promotion that will test if it can maintain the momentum it built with its online holiday efforts, including the Believe promotion and microsite, which fueled a 24% lift in internet sales at yearâ€™s end.    A new promotion, Macyâ€™s & Clinton Kelly...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:30:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Target Satisfies but Macy's Sells]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Customer service ratings donâ€™t always pick who will succeed in retailing, and that seems to apply to online retailing, too.    The American Consumer Satisfaction Index, a study that comes out of the American Society for Quality, gave Target a rating of 77 in the fourth quarter of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:33:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[My Macy's Becomes a Standard of Success]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even as it continues to consolidate its corporate structure, Macyâ€™s is investing money and hope for improving results in the yearâ€™s second half into My Macy's, an initiative to localize the product mix in its stores.    In its year-end conference call yesterday, Karen Hoguet, the companyâ€™s CFO,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:02:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Macy&#8217;s, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instruction  Your first question comes from Charles Grom &#8211; J. P. Morgan.   Charles Grom &#8211; J. P. Morgan On the $96 million charge for store impairment that you recorded, how many stores are in that bucket that you described earlier? Karen...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:11:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Macy's Hosts 100th Location for Fast Growing Lush]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[British cosmetic retailer Lush just opened its 100th store in the United States that also happened to be its 37th operating in a Macyâ€™s, and, despite the recession, is looking forward to opening up to 30 more outlets in its current roll out across the country.    The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:45:06 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Macy's Grasping for Relevance, Not Just Cleaning House]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Macy's announcement about centralizing its administrative and buying organization, and the accompanying the layoff of 7,000 workers, is drawing a lot of attention but getting lost in the ensuing discussion is the creation of regional merchandising districts, one designed to refocus the companyâ€™s attention on local customer preferences.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:27:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Where's the Service in our 'Service Economy'?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retailers are going bankrupt by the carload and retail sales are in the toilet. I needed to buy some things, so I thought I would do a field trip to see what's up at the local mall. Hereâ€™s what I learned.    Retailers are using that manpower scheduling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:02:01 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Saks, Macy's Make Cuts at Stores but Progress Online]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saks announcement that it is cutting jobs and slashing its capital expenditures falls in line with an earlier announcement from Macyâ€™s saying it would shutter stores, but those developments also may foreshadow the next major change in the rapidly evolving department store sector.    Department stores face significant...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:07:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retail Roundup: Amazon Loses Case, Macy's Slashes Inventory, More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon, Overstock lose case against NY -- A New York judge dismissed lawsuits filed by retail behemoths Amazon.com and Overstock.com disputing a recent tax law allowing New York to collect sales taxes from Web retailers with no physical appearance in the state. "Amazon's complaint must be dismissed in its entirety...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:47:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retail Roundup: Macy's Closes 11 stores, Wal-Mart Misses Mark, More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Macy's shutters 11 stores -- On the heels of a poor holiday season, Macy's Inc. has decided to close 11 underperforming locations, according to a Jan. 8 announcement. Final-clearance sales at these stores will begin within the next week, and more than 700 employees will be displaced. "These closings are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:04:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Macy's, FAO Schwarz Team for More Toy Shops]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Macy's plans to expand the presence of FAO Schwarz shops in its department stores, proving that not every development around gift giving in the holiday season has been related to price slashing.    Macy's decided to add the shops this fall after they enjoyed a successful test run...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:55:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retail Roundup: Private Labels Could Boom in 2009, Frugal Shoppers Become Procrastinators, More]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/1000342/retail-roundup-private-labels-could-boom-in-2009-frugal-shoppers-become-procrastinators-more/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Private labels could boom in 2009 -- Amid economic troubles, big apparel retailers are abandoning designers, opting instead to make garments themselves -- and sew their own labels inside. Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Nordstrom all have namesake labels they plan to promote in the coming year. "Consumers aren't making...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:27:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retail Roundup: Adrenalina Withdraws PacSun Offer, Macy's Open 24 Hours A Day, More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adrenalina withdraws PacSun offer -- Apparel retailer Adrenalina withdrew its buyout offer for Pacific Sunwear of California on Dec. 15 because of the recent fall in the company's share price. Adrenalina, now a shareholder of PacSun, still seeks to eventually acquire its larger rival and may take its buyout proposal...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:38:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Macy's Uses Web Site To Make Stores More Attractive]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Macy's, an icon of the traditional American shopping experience, is enhancing online operations to secure its future.    Macysbelieve.com, a seasonal site that combines entertainment, charity and shopping while promoting both online and store visits, is a case in point. Macy's is developing such "sitelets" to drive online...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:59:45 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A New Problem for Retailers: Consumers Hate the Mall]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Itâ€™s official: The mall is boring, and that could turn into a big challenge for major retailers.    A study conducted by the University of Pennsylvaniaâ€™s Wharton School and the market-research firm Verde Group registered a critical complaint that is keeping consumers from spending more time at malls....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:22:57 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retail Roundup: Macy's CEO Says Debt Can Be Paid Down, (Very) Black Friday for Online Retailers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Macy's CEO says debt can be paid down -- Macy's Inc. doesn't plan to close many locations, CEO Terry Lundgren said in a Nov. 28 interview with Bloomberg Television, adding that the second-biggest U.S. department-store chain can pay down debt with cash. "We plan no giant wholesale closings," he said....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:21:29 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retail Roundup: Dollar Tree Tangled in Confetti String Mess, 700 QVC Jobs Cut, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dollar Tree tangled in confetti string mess -- When Dollar Tree Stores Inc. sold an estimated 1.8 million cans of novelty confetti string, a party didn't follow; a grim case with the Environmental Protection Agency did. The nation's largest dollar-store chain is set to pay a $120,000 civil penalty for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:26:25 -0800</pubDate>
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