Jim Sluzewski
Jim Sluzewski
fall stores
Federated will be converting the stores in fall 2006.
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.
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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.
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We are working with the employees and will offer jobs within the store or in our other stores in northeast Ohio to as many people as possible.
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When people say to me, 'Why aren't people shopping in department stores anymore?' I tell them our sales this year will be $27 billion, which is a lot of shopping in department stores.
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We understand the emotions. Field's is a great name and a great tradition and it was a hard decision for us to make. But the truth is, Field's business has not been good and we think we have a chance to revitalize those stores as Macy's.
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Any successful mall needs good anchors and good stores between the anchors. We feel very good about the future of that mall.
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We looked at locations mall by mall and market by market and determined which of the two stores would best be able to meet our goals.
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We're obviously glad the transit workers are going back to work and that the transit system will be back to normal soon. We're looking forward to welcoming customers into stores as they finish their holiday shopping.
attempt stores
If there are opportunities at other Macy's stores in the area, we will attempt to place them in other positions.
business ongoing
At this point, it's an ongoing store. Business as usual.
work
We have a lot of work to do before we get to that point.
investing return
We know that there is a return on investment. Otherwise, we wouldn't be investing in reinvent.
believe best course surprised
The announcement may have surprised some people, but we believe it was the best course of action.