stores, which operated under 11 different names including Robinsons-May, to the Macy’s brand. Nationwide, Federated will be converting about 400 former May Co. stores it bought a year ago for $11 billion. With much fanfare, parades and advertising like crazy, Macy’s is throwing a nationwide party to officially unveil the renamed and revamped May Co. “Maybe it’s just something to get used to.” as she perused the changes at her old Westside Pavilion Robinsons-May. “I’m just kind of disappointed,” mused Phyllis Jacob, a 66-year-old legal secretary from West L.A. Louis, is finished, along with seven former regional chains that also are becoming Macy’s on Saturday.īut the question in the malls this fall is whether shoppers are ready to say hello to Macy’s, the department store giant that doubles in size this weekend. Houston is losing Foley’s Filene’s will no longer be a Boston institution Chicago is saying farewell to Marshall Field’s and Famous-Barr, based in St. completes a massive make-over that will rebrand shopping nameplates across America. The end officially comes this weekend for the storied Los Angeles chain as Federated Department Stores Inc.
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