Federated Wil Sell Some Stores to "Rivals"
Federated will sell some stores to competing department store chains instead of closing them, according to recent news stories, for example:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...05083001913.ht
While this won't bring back old familiar names of stores, it may provide alternatives to Macy's and Bloomingdale's in some areas.
The article mentioned above has a list of the stores / chains that Federated will be selling to.