Jim Sluzewski
Jim Sluzewski
behave customers full online sensory shopping stores testing
Customers behave a little differently online than in the stores. Shopping in stores is a full sensory experience. So if you're testing something for stores, you'd want to test it in the in-store environment.
lots market work
This is a very competitive market place and vendors have lots of options. We're going to work with vendors to make our assortment as distinctive as possible.
good sure
If May is making this decision, I'm sure it's a good one.
advertising clear newspaper vehicle
It's clear that newspaper advertising is still an important vehicle for our stores.
historic office preserve
It's an historic store. We'll be working to preserve it. Part of it could be office and part of it could be retail.
close depending generally point sold store time
It will be generally in a 60-day time frame, depending on how the merchandise sells. At the point it is cleared, the store will close and be sold to someone else.
best deal identified stores
We're swapping 12 stores for 12 stores. We'd identified 13 of the 15 for divestiture. This was the best deal for the properties.
letting studying
We're studying the brand, and when we make some decisions, we'll be letting the world know.
fall stores
Federated will be converting the stores in fall 2006.
business ongoing
At this point, it's an ongoing store. Business as usual.
anchors future good mall needs stores successful
Any successful mall needs good anchors and good stores between the anchors. We feel very good about the future of that mall.
talking
That's not out of the question. We are talking to retailers, we are talking to developers.
certain executives exercise periods stocks time trade
There are only certain windows, certain periods of time when executives can trade stocks and exercise options.
committed company great holiday marshall preserving september sound traditions tree
As we said in making the announcement in September 2005, the company is committed to preserving Marshall Field's traditions -- the Walnut Room, Great Clocks, holiday tree and windows, etc. Crain's is making it sound like there's something more, which is not the case.