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Originally posted by Sister Havana
One bit of good news for those of us in the Chicago area - the Marshall Fields name will remain, at least for the time being. (If they're smart they'll keep it that way!) Lord & Taylor will not be converted to Macy's either.
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Being from Chicago originally, I too was happy to see the article in the Chicago Tribune saying that the Marshall Field's name was staying for now.
However--since Federated has bought Lord & Taylor; they've been closing the stores! I think most of you will agree with me that L & T has always had a WONDERFUL dress department (as compared to a lot of other dept. stores)--especially if you weren't a size 2, 4, 6, or even 8. I hope someone picks up the slack when L & T is gone!!!
From what I've been told, L & T is pretty much in every market where there is already another Federated store--and usually within the same mall as another one. So, Federated is keeping the L & T name because they're phasing the stores out. I know here in St. Louis, the 3 malls I shop at the most have an L & T as well as a Famous Barr, so I don't see why Federated would keep them both (and all of the Famous stores are bigger of course since the May company used to have their HQ here).