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• MACY'S 'COAST-TO-COAST' BLITZ: NOW WITH OVER 800 DEPARTMENT STORES ACROSS THE U.S., MACY'S SEEN BOOSTING FEDERATED SALES TO $27 BILLION.(Federated Department Stores Inc., May Department Stores Co.)

  - 2006-09-11

  Byline: JEAN E. PALMIERI NEW YORK - Calling it "the shot heard round the world," Terry Lundgren, chairman and CEO of Federated Department Stores, kicked off the company's largest and splashiest advertising and marketing campaign ever last week as it officially converted more...

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• NEWS IN BRIEF.(William P. McNamara resigned from May Department Stores Co.)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-10-24

  William P. McNamara, the former vice-chairman of May Department Stores Co., has been named chairman and CEO of the St. Louis-based Famous-Barr division, which will become Macy's Midwest on Feb. 1, 2006. In addition, Brian L. Keck, May's corporate senior vice-president for human resources, has been...

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• MERGER MAKES A `FEDER-AL' CASE OF MAY'S HOME DEPARTMENT.

  - 2005-03-21

  Byline: Barbara Thau NEW YORK-The merger of Federated Department Stores and May Department Stores Co. will create a retailer with $4.4 billion in home furnishings sales. But what will it take to "Feder-alize" May's home business, its worst-performing division of late? ...

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• Some shoppers sad to see stores renamed

  - 2005-03-04

  SEATTLE -- Standing outside the Bon Marche department store in downtown Seattle, Marguerite Norbut lamented the day that workers replaced the sign she'd walked past for years with a new but familiar name: Macy's. "I've seen it since I was a little girl!" said Norbut, 54, who grew...

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• May shares rise on talk of Federated purchase

  - 2005-01-21

  Shares of May Department Stores Co., owner of chains including Marshall Field's, rose 9.2 percent Thursday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the retailer is in talks to be acquired by Federated Department Stores Inc. May chief executive Eugene Kahn resigned last week after presiding over a...

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• CHANNELSURFING; THE STAKES ARE HIGHER THAN EVER IN TODAY'S RETAIL ENVIRONMENT. WWDCB CHECKS IN WITH THREE DEPARTMENT STORE COMPANIES TO SEE HOW THEIR KIDS' BUSINESSES ARE FARING AS THE FIRMS MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE.(May Department Stor

  - 2004-10-01

  Byline: Thomas J. Ryan May Co. Struggling to turn around three consecutive years of same-store declines, May is betting that an emphasis on fashion, newness and better merchandise will revive its topline. The...

  Tags: adjustment, brand, Branding, Dillard, environment, Kohl's Corp., MARKETING, May Department Stores Co., Stage Stores Inc.

• Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Biz Buzz column.

  - 2004-09-13

  By Gregory J. Gilligan, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 13--David A. Guarnieri spent nearly 18 years building the Gingiss Formalwear name at five franchised stores in Richmond and Virginia Beach. But May Department Stores Co. has bought...

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• May Co.'s Cash Buys Marshall Field's Cachet.

  - 2004-06-13

  By Allyce Bess, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 13--May Department Stores Co.'s bold purchase of Marshall Field's is, by any measure, a milestone. Weighing in at $3.24 billion in cash, it's St. Louis-based May's largest acquisition...

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• May to buy Marshall Field's

  - 2004-06-10

  May Department Stores Co. agreed on Wednesday to buy the Marshall Field's department stores from No. 2 U.S. discounter Target Corp. for $3.24 billion to gain a foothold among upscale chains. May, the owner of Lord & Taylor and Foley's, will acquire Marshall Field's 62 stores, three distribution...

  Tags: Branding, Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, May Department Stores Co., 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...

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