Macy's to shut down 11 stores

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

I wonder if these 11 that are closing used to be other stores that Macy's bought.

The two closing in this area were Kaufmann's. I think only 11 people will be unemployed due to the one store closing - bad for them, but not as horrendous as 11,000.

Originally Posted by BuckeyeTriDelta

We had Lazarus and Marshall Fields. I will never ever forgive Macy's for buying Marshall Fields.

Hear, hear! I was actually given a framed Marshall Fields shopper bag as a Christmas present! It was a special promotion of something I collect, and framed so that I can hang it on either side.

Originally Posted by crescent&pearls

I miss beautiful department stores with elegant displays...where your mother took you once a year to school shop...and then for lunch in the tea room.

We were just talking about this over the weekend! The guys were clueless, but the trips to the special department stores with your mother or other significant woman are sooo important to a young girl. Or at least, they used to be.

Does anyone else remember being in the tea room, while models walked through, wearing a special outfit and holding a card so your mother could check out the outfit after lunch?

And I agree with whomever suggested that Macy's had kept the "tenor" and name of each store, but collected the profits. That first time to Bloomingdales, to Neiman-Marcus, to Lord & Taylor - they were so special!

[crescent&pearls]

Does anyone else remember being in the tea room, while models walked through, wearing a special outfit and holding a card so your mother could check out the outfit after lunch?


I loved the fashion shows! My sister and I did one at the Saks near Wilshire once...we must have looked like little pageant girls with our aqua net laquered hair and powder blue crushed velvet dresses! I don't remember cards for the outfits...but I do remember the free valet parking! When I was older I know the Bullock's near my house has a teen board, and it was quite a big deal to be the teen board rep for your high school. We also had a smaller local dept store. When they had their sale in June, all the moms in the neighborhood got up early to wait for the doors to open!

It seems pretty simple to me that in this day and age of Internet shopping, shopping in a brick and mortar store has to be an experience that is relaxing, fun, and somehow more upscale. Nordstrom pretty much gets it right, although I have to go to South Coast to buy dresses or suits. There isn't a lot of selection at the store nearest to me. So now I shop mostly on line!

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by crescent&pearls

Does anyone else remember being in the tea room, while models walked through, wearing a special outfit and holding a card so your mother could check out the outfit after lunch?


I loved the fashion shows! My sister and I did one at the Saks near Wilshire once...we must have looked like little pageant girls with our aqua net laquered hair and powder blue crushed velvet dresses! I don't remember cards for the outfits...but I do remember the free valet parking! When I was older I know the Bullock's near my house has a teen board, and it was quite a big deal to be the teen board rep for your high school. We also had a smaller local dept store. When they had their sale in June, all the moms in the neighborhood got up early to wait for the doors to open!

It seems pretty simple to me that in this day and age of Internet shopping, shopping in a brick and mortar store has to be an experience that is relaxing, fun, and somehow more upscale. Nordstrom pretty much gets it right, although I have to go to South Coast to buy dresses or suits. There isn't a lot of selection at the store nearest to me. So now I shop mostly on line!

I remember Bullock's from when I was very very very little, and there was also Emporium Capwell. Macy's West is amazing, when I. Magnin closed they became this juggernaut knocking out the walls and expanding the Union Square women's store. Being able to get off the street car and go through a turnstile to enter the store was pretty amazing for the downtown San Francisco stores. I always got my santa photos there, and they would have carnivals on the roof.