"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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>
> > Kinda like when Federated Stores bought Macy's. Macy's was a stronger
brand
> > than Bambergers, Stern's, Jordan Marsh, A&S, etc, so they sold some of
the
> > locations and converted most of the others to Macy's stores. Except,
they
> > weren't the same Macy's stores as they were before the takeover.
>
> I hate Federated stores and I was upset when they were allowed to
> buy Macy's. Now Macy's is a second rate department store.
>
> nancy

Agreed. What's funny is that here Jordan Marsh carried much better brands
than Macy's does. Long gone are the days when one could buy Brighton,
Gucci, Prada, Chanel and Armani locally Macy's doesn't carry them. (Long
gone too are the days when I could buy that on a whim.) Children's clothing
has taken the hardest hit at Macy's on occassion they have brands also sold
at Wal-Mart. Macy's was better and at least the Federated store here was
better before the buy-out.