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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:49 AM Original message |
Make no mistake, I HATE Macys for eating up my BELOVED Marshall Fields... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nor should you. Worst retail decision of the millennium. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 01:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I missed it! (lived in Chicago YEARS ago!) |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. If you ever 'lived' in Chicago....Marshall Fields was THE place to go |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I 'missed' the Macy's acquisition, |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Strangest hostile response in the history of DU |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Indeed. Very odd. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. The 'history?' Thats a lot! |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
53. For real! |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. I travelled with IBM for 29 years and I loved Chicago's Marshall Fields! I would shop there every |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. What was bad? No more Marshall Field's. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
74. Seems to me when the big stores "gobble" up the smaller, regional ones |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Oh, OLLIE!!!! |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Kukla and Ollie got their start at Marshall Fields |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
77. Carson...Carson Pierre... Carson Pierre Scott and Company |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. Macy's ate up all the best local department stores |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Looks like they've been eating all over the country; |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Macy' s ate up Jordan Marsh in New England |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I'm in DC. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. they ate up Burdines in Florida |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. 'Ate the best' after the best went bust, I think. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
46. Macy's is on the bankruptcy list |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
63. Ate up Philly's Strawbridge & Clothier and Wanamaker's. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. Macys gobbled up The Bon too. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 05:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. And they grabbed Frangos from Frederick & Nelson. n/t |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. Bloomingdale's is owned by Macys |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
10. i hate macy's for GOBBLING UP MY BELOVED MEIER & FRANK |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Exactly... |
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nonpareil (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
70. Ghost Town |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
11. They took the Bon Marche in Seattle (which had taken Fredrick & Nelsons home of the Frango) n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. f&n was a marshall fields-owned store since the Depression. The Bon never owned it that I know. |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Your right F&N closed, the Bon howevere took over a lot of it's retail space on the east side |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
15. I read the other day Macy's is one of the 10 most likely companies to go bankrupt |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. So they're REALLY watching the market, etc. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
20. Parisian was one of the few stores I liked. Along comes Macy's and filled it with |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
22. What all the old great department stores had in common - tearooms! |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Ah, you could be talking about my beloved Lazarus! Downtown Columbus, OH |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Thinking of Jordan Marsh Boston and The Outlet Company in Providence |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Lazarus in downtown Columbus was AMAZING... I got to see it before it closed when... |
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Maeve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. You should have seen it in the 60's and 70's |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. That's the way it pretty much still was when I was there (except for the hippies stuff)... |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
62. That was "THE store" of my childhood! |
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CurtEastPoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Rich's Magnolia Room in Atlanta. Ladies lunching, fashion shows, etc. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. As a kid, I was addicted to Rich's white chocolate pretzels |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. they took over Foleys in houston as well |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
26. They ate my Daytons too.... |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Actually, Marshall Fields acquired Daytons |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Really??? oh my, I thought our store went from Daytons to Macy's |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Don't know where your store was |
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a kennedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #40 |
71. Our store is in La Crosse Wisconsin.....about 2.5 hours from |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
72. never mind...should've read one more post |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
56. Marshall Fields didn't eat Daytons (or Hudsons). |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
27. Macy's can't survive that much longer |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
69. We'll know in a few months whether Macy's can survive. |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
75. So will Macy's be labeled "Too big to fail" and get a gov't handout? |
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flyingfysh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
28. Filene's in Boston |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
54. really? |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
29. I've not set foot in any of the old Field's stores since they put up the Macy's signs & I never will |
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Neurotica (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I loved the old Fields store on State Street - haven't been back since Macys |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
34. Macy's gobbled up the good stores in Pittsburgh too, Kauffman's, etc. |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
38. As a Chicagoan I totally agree! n/t |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
42. Marshall Field's did EXACTLY the same thing to Hudson's. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Yup. Was just about to post that. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
66. I miss ole JL. Especially at Christmas time. n/t |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
73. got it backwards....see earlier post. dayton-hudson bought fields |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
47. It was Goldwater's in my town. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
49. Chicagoans like to pretend we don't have a 2nd city complex but >>> |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
50. Here in Phoenix Macy's ate up Robinson's-May dept stores. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
51. I hate Marshall Fields |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Don't blame Marshall Fields for that. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
52. All the great Cleveland stores were eaten up a long time ago. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
57. Well, since they are rated in the 10 corporations likely to declare |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
58. The old Marshall Field's really died when Philip Miller left it. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
59. I'm sorry. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
60. They've ruined it |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Lunch by the "big Christmas tree" in the Walnut Room at the State Street store was an event. |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
61. They ate up my Bullock's in southern california, too |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
64. i'm not from Chicagoland but the Marshall Fields' at the Houston Galleria |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. We had Hecht's here (VA), and Macy's took over that store. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
79. I treasure my Marshall Field's "New Traditions" leather bomber jacket. |
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