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Macy's continues search for the perfect fit (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Macy's Inc. reported a first-quarter loss of $88 million compared to a loss of $59 million a year earlier. With consumers still spending cautiously, sales were off 9.5%. The results reflect the gloomy retail environment, but also show that four years after paying $18 billion for rival May Department Stores...

Posted on May 13, 2009 4:34 PM

When people hate your deal (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Our post on Monday about Macy's Inc. shifting course on its integration of Chicago's Marshall Fields and other venerable local department stores drew 10 comments, a lot for us. Turns out we were picked up by fieldsfanschicago.org, a site dedicated to denouncing (and perhaps undoing) the conversion of Fields into...

Posted on April 24, 2008 3:57 PM

Changing times (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Department stores no longer seem to work as local businesses. Federated's Terry Lundgren has bet $16 billion he can make them work nationally.

Posted on December 15, 2005 5:21 PM