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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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• 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...

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• FEDERATED SEES BRIGHT SKIES IN 2008; THIS YEAR SEEN AS TRANSITIONAL TIME AS RETAILER ABSORBS MAY CO. STORES, SELLS OFF ASSETS INCLUDING BRIDAL GROUP.(Federated Department Stores Inc., May Department Stores Co.)

  - 2006-01-30

  Byline: DAVID MOIN NEW YORK - Federated Department Stores is anticipating a return to its all-time high profits and better same-store sales-but not for about two years. The near term is challenging because of the complicated systemic task of...

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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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• 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...

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• 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...

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• 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...

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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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• MAY'S PROFITS DROP AS HOME STRUGGLES.

  - 2004-11-15

  Byline: Michael Rudnick ST. LOUIS-The May Department Stores Co.'s earnings for the third quarter ended Oct. 30 dropped nearly 83 percent to $8 million, or 2 cents per share, from $47 million, or 15 cents per share, for the same period last year...

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• St. Louis retailers learn hard lesson from back-to-school sales.

  - 2004-09-02

  By Tavia Evans, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 2--St. Louis retailers hoping for a shopping spree during the August back-to-school season instead faced slumping sales, with the industry overall reporting tepid results for the third straight month. ...

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