Terry Lundgren
Terry Lundgren
Terrence James Lundgren is an American department store executive and is the CEO, Chairman of the Board, President, and Director at Macy's, Inc., the parent company of Macy's and Bloomingdale's department stores...
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To maintain the momentum, we recognize we need to invest to better serve additional customers who want to shop online for the type of fashion merchandise we sell, especially as Macy's and Bloomingdale's expand their store presence nationwide. We are very serious about capitalizing on this opportunity.
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Sean Combs' Unforgivable fragrance is a runaway success at Macy*s. We expect the early momentum to continue as we roll out this new fragrance to our stores across the country. There is every reason to believe that Unforgivable will be the #1 men's fragrance of the season.
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With the merger, we'll become stronger, faster-growing and more profitable than if we went ahead alone, ... The strength of our branding will be across twice the number of stores than we currently operate.
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We are pleased with our February sales performance. Same-store sales for Macy's and Bloomingdale's locations were encouraging and above our guidance. Non-comparable stores were slightly above plan.
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To better serve our customers in this highly competitive retailing environment, we must concentrate on our best national brands and reduce costs so we can deliver outstanding value to shoppers, ... We believe that continuing to build Macy's and Bloomingdale's aggressively across America will accelerate our comp store sales performance and increase profitability, thereby driving shareholder value.
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Our online businesses have performed very well over the past several years, with consistent double-digit sales growth rates and improving profitability. To maintain the momentum, we recognize we need to invest to better serve additional customers who want to shop online for the type of fashion merchandise we sell, especially as Macy's and Bloomingdale's expand their store presence nationwide. We are very serious about capitalizing on this opportunity.
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By announcing these decisions now, we can begin more specific planning for the future. This includes discussing potential career opportunities within Federated for May Company employees and ensuring new merchandise assortments are in place as soon as possible in stores acquired from May.
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We expect our direct-to-consumer sales to grow to more than $750 million by 2008 from about $450 million in 2005.
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These actions reflect our confidence in the future operating results and cash flow of the company, as well as our ongoing determination to build long-term shareholder value.
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The thought process of helping young designers is an exciting one for Chicago.
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Customers have told us they want the fashion and affordable luxury they find in Macy's stores. With this expanded geographic coverage, we now will be positioned to nationally advertise the Macy's brand.
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The quarter included stronger-than-expected performance in both the Federated and former May Company divisions, as well as a benefit from a tax settlement and related adjustments.
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Today, things look really good. But these next five weeks are really critical, ... You have to wait and see how it unfolds.
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No doubt, these are both very well known retailing brands to the consumer.