Federated Department Stores Inc. said yesterday that it plans to shut down seven stores -- including five Lord & Taylor locations -- and cut more than 1,200 jobs across the country. Two of the ...

The merger of the May and Federated department store chains will prompt the biggest shake-up of Washington retailing in a decade, with store closings, a reshuffling of mall tenants and a possible move ...

I'd like to thank everyone for holding and welcome to today's FDS conference call, with Ms. Karen Hoguet. Operator instructions. Ms. Hoguet, I'm going to turn the call over to you, and thank you for ...

Federated Department Stores Inc., now commanding about 25 percent of the U.S. department store business, based on figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, is using its increased clout to develop more ...

Seven Robinsons-May and two Macy’s department stores in Los Angeles County will close as a result of Federated Department Stores Inc.’s acquisition of rival May Department Stores Co., the company ...

Bloomingdale's By Mail and macys.com are being realigned to operate under their respective namesakes, Federated Department Stores said Tuesday. The two had operated under the umbrella of Federated ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Federated Department Stores on Tuesday said it completed its merger with The May Department Stores. The company said it has identified an additional seven duplicate stores in ...

Mall operator Westfield Group will pick up three Los Angeles County department stores from Federated Department Stores Inc. as part of a 15-store deal. The three L.A. area stores are Macy’s West ...

Federated Department Stores Inc., owner of the Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s department store chains, reported Aug. 9 that sales in the second quarter ended July 29 were $5.995 billion, a 65 percent ...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Retail stocks were hammered in active early trading Monday after Wal-Mart and Federated stores both said sales in the last week were under pressure. Wal-Mart WMT, the world's ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federated Department Stores Inc. on Thursday posted a weaker-than-expected rise in December sales at stores open at least one fiscal year and said it expects fourth-quarter sales ...