Federated/May-Robinson's merger

[ISUKappa]

Originally posted by chitownxo
If any of you are interested, I'll post more about the takeover as soon as I find out more details. Supposedly, we'll hear more after inventory, which is at the end of the month.

Younkers is one of the few "good" department stores in this state, almost anything would be an improvement over what it became after Saks, Inc. bought it out.

I'm glad at least Von Maur's is still a family-owned store.

[amycat412]

I'm with valkyrie. Nobody better go messing with my Nordstroms.

[Tom Earp]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Marshall Field's is not being kept, it's getting turned into craptastic Macy's.

valkryie, they aren't AS good as they used to be, but they still aren't bad.

Sorry, didnt know, just saying what was reported at one time!

And, The Beat Goes On!

"Old is Out and New is in" so to speak.

Cookie Cutter isnt it?

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by Tom Earp
Sorry, didnt know, just saying what was reported at one time!

And, The Beat Goes On!

"Old is Out and New is in" so to speak.

Cookie Cutter isnt it?

Yeah, they lied and said it would say. If they mess with the Field's downtown (which everyone here still calls Dayton's) I'm going to be

[honeychile]

NO! NO! We CANNOT start consolidating every store just for snits and giggles!!

If we don't all start shopping at the Mom & Pop stores (or the Marshall Fields and Dillards), we will be forced to shop at the almighty

DEPARTMENT STORE

HARDWARE STORE

APPLIANCE STORE

SHOE STORE

CAR STORE

FOOD STORE

and eat at

ITALIAN RESTAURANT

SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

FAST FOOD RESTAURANT

FRENCH RESTAURANT

ALL OTHER EUROPEAN RESTAURANT

ALL ASIAN RESTAURANT

I am so freaking sick of the chaining of America! Let's keep chains where they belong - in the car and bedroom!

Now, please excuse me while I go scream for an hour and a half...

[RedRoseSAI]

Originally posted by honeychile
Let's keep chains where they belong - in the car and bedroom!

LOL!

Is Nordstrom independently owned? I've been shopping there more and more in recent years, and it's going to become my department store of choice once Field's is gone.

Originally posted by Steeltrap
^^
I'm old enough to remember the good ol' Robinson's of the 1980s. But Robinsons-May was decent for certain things. For instance, I got an apple green sheath dress for $40 that I've worn to all sorts of functions. I need to check things out.

I hear ya! May Company , Robisons, and The Broadway

then they merged robisons with may company to get robisons -may an eliminated the boradway

Now we have macys and the one at Victoria gardens just Awesome. I heard from someone at work yesterday that Lancasteer/Palmdale mall is getting a dillards.

[exlurker]

The merchandising and financial geniuses who gave us the renaming of so many stores as "Macy's" -- and their restocking with all those Macy's brands -- are now going to cut lots of jobs and try other things. (Sales have been slumping.)

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/stor...4EC41A4585C%7D

(Other sources of business news are carrying essentialy the same story.)

I imagine perfection and customer satisfaction are only a few months away. Of course, it's remotely possible that I could be wrong.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by exlurker

The merchandising and financial geniuses who gave us the renaming of so many stores as "Macy's" -- and their restocking with all those Macy's brands -- are now going to cut lots of jobs and try other things. (Sales have been slumping.)

That would be because they SUCK SUCK SUCK!!! The selection has gone into the toilet and the prices have gone up. Even the INC line that I used to love is just horrible now.

When I was in Chicago I saw the used to be Marshall Field's. I also didn't see one single person go in or out of it.

[summer_gphib]

I miss Burdine's and Famous Barr.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by RedRoseSAI

LOL!

Is Nordstrom independently owned? I've been shopping there more and more in recent years, and it's going to become my department store of choice once Field's is gone.

Nordstrom is owned by Nordstrom, and it has no affiliated or branch-off stores, besides Nordstrom RACK, the clearance store. Many Nordstrom family members still run the company and sit on the Board. It's Seattle's pride and joy.

On the other hand, 600+ people in Seattle lost their jobs this week when Macy's announced it was closing its northwest corporate headquarters. Yet another reason to love Nordstrom.

OH, and for those of you in the northwest, I miss Frederick & Nelson, inventor of FRANGOs and where my aunt used to take my brother and me for Sunday brunch when we were little.

[KSUViolet06]

I agree with those who say that the name "Macy's" used to have an upscale connotation. The fact that they're turning everything into a Macy's in my area has really caused that to change. If this keeps going, the Macy's name will soon be on the same level as Target.

I'm a bigger fan of Nordstrom.

[ForeverRoses]

My Mom took a part-time job at Lazarus (she was bored with retirement) and has been there for about 6 years now. She started at Lazarus then went to Lazarus-Macys and is now at Macys. The biggest changes she has noticed is that the Macys sale prices are much higher than the sale prices when it was Lazarus (so for example, an item that Lazarus would have on sale for $30 is now $40 as Macys). The regular prices didn't change much, but they don't mark things down as much as they used to.

The one thing she hates is that all Macys employees have to wear all black (before they had to dress nicely but could wear whatever color they wanted). And black washes my Mom out completely. She did joke that she now has plenty of black clothes for funerals!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

The one thing she hates is that all Macys employees have to wear all black (before they had to dress nicely but could wear whatever color they wanted). And black washes my Mom out completely. She did joke that she now has plenty of black clothes for funerals!

Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. They hated it here so much, the union filed a grievance:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07200/802832-28.stm

I don't really blame them, because if you're one of the Kaufmann's workers that's been there since around the Hoover administration, black is not going to look that great on you. It reminds me of the 55+ year old woman who worked at the Lancome counter who had to wear the "rock star" black t-shirt when that was their color story - just awful.

[ForeverRoses]

^^^
Yeah, my Mom is 70 years old. While I still think she looks wonderful, trendy and fashonable are not exactly words I would use to describe her!

I didn't realize that Kaufmans was union- the old Lazarus was not, so they didn't really have a choice. I think giving everyone a jacket or smock in a certain color to wear over thier clothing would have worked better than having everyone in black.