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• Fight over Denver mall space sheds light on retailers' expansion tactics.

  - 2004-09-26

  By Kristi Arellano, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 26--From the day Lord & Taylor announced it would shutter its three Colorado stores -- including one at Denver's tony Cherry Creek mall -- speculation has run rampant that Nordstrom would...

  Tags: Denver, mall, May Department Stores Co., Nordstrom Inc., Retail

• S.L. ruling sets back Nordstrom relocation

  - 2003-08-19

  Nordstrom, it turns out, is a department store. The Salt Lake City Board of Adjustment sided against the Boyer Co. Monday and ruled, in a 3 to 1 vote, that Nordstrom's downtown store fits the city's definition of a department store. The decision forces Boyer Co....

  Tags: Gateway Inc., lease, May Department Stores Co., Nordstrom Inc.

• Opening of New Nordstrom's at St. Louis-Area Mall May Affect Other Retailers.

  - 2001-09-07

  By Chern Yeh Kwok, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 7--The opening of a Nordstrom's department store at Westfield Shoppingtown West County is expected to have a slight effect on sales at other higher-end retailers. The store's entry into the region...

  Tags: May Department Stores Co., Nordstrom Inc., Penney, Retail

• BIG DOOR DRAMA.

  - 1998-12-14

  NEW YORK -- The current holiday selling season could mark a turning point for the nation's department stores. Caught between the customer's growing fascination with discounters and the increasing power of specialty stores, the biggest names in retailing are finding it increasingly difficult to...

  Tags: Branding, Dillard, Federated Department Stores Inc., Macy, MARKETING, May Department Stores Co., Mervyn, Nordstrom Inc., Retail, Saks Inc., SALES

• Retail scorecard. (top executives of leading US retailers)

  - 1995-05-22

  The top executives of 19 of the US' leading clothing retailers are listed. Each listing includes a brief description of the store's operations. The listed executives include Wal-Mart Stores Inc Pres and CEO David D. Glass, Kmart Corp Chmn Donald S. Perkins, and Sears, Roebuck Chmn and CEO Arthur Martinez....

  Tags: CEO, chairman, M., Macy, May Department Stores Co., Mervyn, Nordstrom Inc., president, Retail, Robert, Saks Fifth Avenue, SALES

• Some major stores attain higher margins. (department stores)

  - 1994-05-23

  Nordstrom Inc. reported for the 1st qtr. ending Apr. 30, 1994, a surge in earnings to $32 million from $11.3 million a year before. May Department Stores Co., on the other hand, reaped in profits amounting to $112 million from about $96 million recorded in 1993. Federated Department Stores Inc....

  Tags: earnings, Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, May Department Stores Co., Nordstrom Inc., SALES

• Big stores bolster bottom lines. (use cost control to compensate for weak sales in first quarter 1991)

  - 1991-06-13

  BIG STORES BOLSTER BOTTOM LINES NEW YORK FNS -- Without the crutch of rising sales provided by the booming '80s, retailers in the '90s are scrambling to control costs to keep profits from collapsing. Four top retailers -- May Department Stores Co.,...

  Tags: May Department Stores Co., Nordstrom Inc., Retail, SALES