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This happened in our town too. The owner had some strange covenants in the mall, such as there could not be a food court in there. Because they owned some restaurants outlying the mall. Tore the mall down almost a decade ago. Lot is still vacant.
Doubtful. Those few people who boycott because of fur wouldn't have much of an effect on sales.
There's still a lot of resentment in some markets from when Federated bought May Co. and converted the whole kit and kaboodle over to Macy's stores.
Yeah - in the Atlanta market we had Rich's that were converted to Macy's. I agree with the resentment aspect - but the "homogenized" look of the merchandise is also to blame. The Macy's I frequented in Atlanta has basically the same look at the Macy's in Ohio that I go to now. Needless to say, I rarely purchase anything anything.
In Chicago (I'm in Houston now but from Chicago) Macy's took over Marshall Fields. I think Chicagoans would have been okay with this had they converted only the mall Macy's in the area. Instead, they arrogantly converted the State Street Marshall Fields. I'm thinking the marketing people are brain dead. How in the world can you take such a blatantly New York product and stick it in the middle of Chicago? It'd be like changing the name of Wrigley Field to Yankee Stadium. Although Chicagoans aren't completely anti-New York per se, we sure don't like having our landmarks bought out by a New York conglomerate. As long as Federated and their boneheaded and/or arrogant executives own and run Macy's, expect a further decline.
Yes, it was a huge deal in Chicago. It was a poor move,and Macys is doing poorly. They should have quietly taken over and left things as is. Marshall Fields was around since the turn of the century and is indeed a chicago landmark. The quality of the merchandise is VERY sub par in comparison. And we didnt go downtown to lunch in the Walnut room this year--not the same vibe.
There's still a lot of resentment in some markets from when Federated bought May Co. and converted the whole kit and kaboodle over to Macy's stores.
Around here they took over Hecht's. They did away with the coupon sales , A SERIOUS FAUX PAS in this area. I have found very little at Macy's so I don't bother to go any more. At least at Hecht's you could find something. I went looking for polos last spring and was bemoaning the loss of the Valerie Stevens brand. The sales lady showed me the store brand, Club Charter or whatever. I tried one on, well they were made for little old ladies to wear on the golf course in Florida. The sales lady told me I could have them shortened and taken in a bit, huh? Not to mention the price! Now days I only walk through Macy's on my way to other stores. The parking on that side of the mall is great!
In all the Macy's stores that I have been to, I haven't found anything that I would remotely think of wearing. It seemed that the clothes either catered to 18 year olds or 85 year olds. There wasn't anything in between. (This was over a year ago in Ca.) No normal clothes that a mid 30's person would like to wear. By that I mean skin-tight clothes with butts hanging out etc....
Macy's has much better clothes than Talbot's, Chico's, White House/Black Market, etc. Those overpriced specialty stores sell Target clothes at Bloomingdale's prices. The clothes are plain and uninspired. Same with Kohl's.
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Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81
There's still a lot of resentment in some markets from when Federated bought May Co. and converted the whole kit and kaboodle over to Macy's stores.
Macy's in Houston is a hit. More people seem to be shopping there than when the stores were Foley's.
But this is old news. Would you go shopping at Sharpstown Mall?
Doubtful. Those few people who boycott because of fur wouldn't have much of an effect on sales.
There's still a lot of resentment in some markets from when Federated bought May Co. and converted the whole kit and kaboodle over to Macy's stores.
Yep, Chicagoans are stubborn. I loved Marshall Fields, haven't set foot in there since they converted Marshall Fields over to Macy's. It's just not the same.
Macy's has certainly cheaped out over the years in quality. I remember when most of their offerings were of decent quality -- now the fabrics and cuts are terrible! And I agree that, for the price, there's nothing available that's new or different. Haven't purchased clothes there in years.
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