Macy's

Digging into the City by the Bay

source: Taipei Times

 Taiwan The square is home to Macy's flagship department store on its south side, Tiffany's, Saks Fifth Avenue and the Sir Francis Drake hotel, among other famous names, and is close to the city's theater district. If your fashion tastes lean more towards ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

Penguin fans boost business for restaurants, stores

source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette

 PA At the Downtown Macy's on Fifth Avenue, a voice over the loudspeaker directed people toward the store's Penguins gear, and customers already wearing their hockey apparel wandered through the department store. Businesses in Market Square got a boost ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Retailers Plunge Along With Market

source: TheStreet.com

In the department store sector, Macy's(M Quote) experienced the biggest drop, falling 5% to $11.92. Sears slipped 3% to $66.82, Kohl's(KSS Quote) fell 2% to $45.65 and JC Penney(JCP Quote) dropped 3.5% to close at $28.15. Another big decliner was Rite ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Has Corporate Bankruptcy Become a Competitive Advantage?

source: International Business Times

 NY “But the negative connotation has dissipated somewhat ever since Federated Department Stores [a department store holding company now known as Macy's Inc. that owns Macy's and other brands] filed for bankruptcy in January 1990 in order to keep getting ...

Published Fri, Jun 12

Forever 21 to fill Gottschalks' spot

source: Enterprise-Record

 CA She was hoping for a department store such as Macy's that offers makeup, she said. Camille Balasek, 18, of Chico, wishes there were more department stores in Chico, but thinks the retailer will fare well with so many college students, she said. ...

Published Fri, Jun 12

It all Happens So Suddenly

source: Wall Street Journal

After the first such gathering, a June 2003 event in which more than 100 people converged for no apparent reason on the rug department of a Macy's department store, the flash-mob phenomenon took off globally. In 2008, a world-wide day of flash-mob ...

Published Thu, Jun 11

Macy's pays for new Cincinnati city logo

source: WTTE

 OH Macy's, the department store chain based in Cincinnati, covered the $75000 cost. The more ornate official seal authorized in 1819 shows a winged rod, two snakes and a sword -- symbols said to depict commerce, justice, wisdom, authority and power.

Published Thu, Jun 11

'Unemployment blues' lift for man after 3 long months

source: Colorado Springs Gazette

 CO This is the third in a series of stories on Mo Orosco and his life since he lost his job when the Macy's department store in The Citadel mall closed on March 8. Orosco was among 100 who lost their jobs. Follow the links for Part 1 and Part 2. ...

Published Thu, Jun 11