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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

• 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...

  Tags: accessory, Branding, MARKETING, May Department Stores Co., principal, Retail, SALES

• Federated finishes buying May Stores

  - 2005-08-31

  Federated Department Stores Inc. completed its $11 billion purchase of May Department Stores Co. Tuesday and said it will sell an additional seven stores in California, New York and Massachusetts next year, bringing the total to 75. Federated will close two stores in New York, one in Massachusetts...

  Tags: Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Macy, May Department Stores Co., Retail, SALES

• MEN'S WEARHOUSE EYEING MAY CO. BRIDAL GROUP.(Federated Department Stores Inc. may sell May Department Stores Co.'s business)

  - 2005-08-08

  Byline: Jean E. Palmieri NEW YORK -- Federated Department Stores is expected to quickly sell the May Department Stores Co.'s Bridal Group once its acquisition of the St. Louis-based retailer is completed -- and one of the top prospects is rumored...

  Tags: Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Investment, May Department Stores Co., Retail, SALES

• MAY CO.'S KAHN PARACHUTES OFF WITH $6.1 MILLION.(May Department Stores Co.)(Eugene Kahn)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-07-25

  Byline: Arthur Zaczkiewicz NEW YORK -- Eugene Kahn's golden parachute is worth at least $6.1 million and is laced with fringe benefits. The former chairman and chief executive officer of May Department Stores Co. entered into a separation...

  Tags: Benefits, FINANCE, Insurance, May Department Stores Co., Retail

• Will Field's name survive? Analysts see new name retail icon once merger is completed.(Business)

  - 2005-03-01

  Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Business Writer Linked to Chicago's storied retail past, Marshall Field's may be a casualty of the planned merger of Federated Department Stores Inc. and May Department Stores Co. Legendary philanthropist and retailer Marshall Field was a major...

  Tags: Chicago, Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Investment, May Department Stores Co., merger, Retail, Target Corp.

• May, Federated weighing merger

  - 2005-02-26

  ST. LOUIS -- Federated Department Stores Inc.'s possible $10 billion buyout of rival May Department Stores Co. has reached a critical point, with boards of both retailers to meet separately into the weekend to perhaps finalize the deal, the Wall Street Journal reported in Friday's editions. Citing unidentified...

  Tags: Federated Department Stores Inc., FINANCE, Investment, May Department Stores Co., merger, Retail

• MALL OVERLAP MORE THAN 100 FOR FEDERATED AND MAY.(Brief Article)

  - 2005-01-31

  Byline: Barbara Thau NEW YORK-It's been widely reported that if Federated Department Stores and May Department Stores Co. merge, they'll create a $30 billion business with about 1,000 stores. But in how many of the same malls do they operate stores? ...

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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...

  Tags: Branding, Federated Department Stores Inc., MARKETING, May Department Stores Co., Retail, SALES

• 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