You mean Picksburgh Mills, 'n'at?
They're not too far apart. Maybe 10 miles. PM is a lot easier to access than Heights Mall.
I hear PM is tanking, too.
Posted on 01/08/2009 6:20:10 AM PST by Ebenezer
CINCINNATI - (Business Wire) Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) today announced the closing of 11 underperforming Macy’s stores.
“These closings are part of our normal-course process to prune underperforming locations each year in order to maintain a healthy portfolio of stores,” said Terry J. Lundgren, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Macy’s, Inc. “While new store growth has slowed in the current economy, our long-term strategy is to continue to selectively add new stores while closing those that are underperforming.”
(Editor’s Note: Macy’s, Inc. this morning also issued a separate news release reporting December 2008 sales.)
Stores to be closed are located in:
- Ernst & Young Plaza (Citicorp Plaza), Los Angeles, CA (135,000 square feet; 136 employees; opened in 1986)
- The Citadel, Colorado Springs, CO (195,000 square feet; 105 employees; opened in 1984)
- Westminster Mall, Westminster, CO (156,000 square feet; 110 employees; opened in 1986)
- Palm Beach Mall, West Palm Beach, FL (190,000 square feet; 71 employees; opened in 1979)
- Mauna Lani Bay Hotel, Island of Hawaii, HI (3,000 square feet; 3 employees; opened in 1983)
- Lafayette Square, Indianapolis, IN (160,000 square feet; 84 employees; opened in 1974)
- Brookdale Center, Brooklyn Center, MN (195,000 square feet; 72 employees; opened in 1966)
- Crestwood Mall, St. Louis, MO (166,000 square feet; 176 employees; opened in 1969)
- Natrona Heights Plaza, Natrona Heights, PA (73,000 square feet; 124 employees; opened in 1956)
- Century III Furniture and Clearance, West Mifflin, PA (83,000 square feet; 3 employees; opened in 2000)
- Bellevue Center, Nashville, TN (211,000 square feet; 76 employees; opened in 1990).
Final clearance sales at these stores will begin within the next week (with the exception of the Hawaii location, which will not hold a final clearance sale).
“The decision to close stores is difficult, and often occurs when the market changes, new competing shopping centers are opened nearby to existing older ones, or when customers change shopping habits. In the store closing process, we are committed to treating affected associates with respect and openness,” Lundgren said.
Affected associates in good standing may be considered for open positions at other Macy’s locations. Regular full-time and part-time associates who are laid off due to a store closing will be provided severance benefits and outplacement assistance.
Costs associated with these 11 store closings will be approximately $65 million (of which approximately $12 million will be cash), most of which will be booked in the fourth quarter of 2008.
The company opened four new Macy’s stores and one furniture gallery in 2008, as well as reopened a New Orleans store damaged by Hurricane Katrina. In 2009, Macy’s, Inc. expects to open three new Macy’s stores and one replacement store. Following the store closings announced today, Macy’s, Inc. will operate 848 stores – 808 Macy’s and 40 Bloomingdale’s.
Macy's, Inc., with corporate offices in Cincinnati and New York, is one of the nation's premier retailers, with fiscal 2007 sales of $26.3 billion. The company operates more than 840 department stores in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico under the names of Macy's and Bloomingdale's. The company also operates macys.com and, bloomingdales.com. Prior to June 1, 2007, Macy's, Inc. was known as Federated Department Stores, Inc.
All statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Macy’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this release because of a variety of factors, including conditions to, or changes in the timing of, proposed transactions, prevailing interest rates, competitive pressures from specialty stores, general merchandise stores, manufacturers' outlets, off-price and discount stores, new and established forms of home shopping (including the Internet, mail-order catalogs and television) and general consumer spending levels, including the impact of the availability and level of consumer debt, the effect of weather and other factors identified in documents filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(NOTE: Additional information on Macy’s, Inc., including past news releases, is available at http://www.macysinc.com/pressroom)
Macy’s, Inc.
Media - Jim Sluzewski, 513-579-7764
Investor - Susan Robinson, 513-579-7780
This site has petite clothing from size 0:
Sad. To my knowledge that place has been a Horne's, then a Lazarus, then Macy's -- if not other things.
The Heights should just sever its ties with Allegheny County and merge with lower-tax Butler, Westmoreland or Armstrong counties.
how far is natrona heights from that biggish, newish mall, whose name i cannot call to mind?
I think a lot of the closures are in areas where they had multiple stores since the purchase of the May chain.
Eugene had two in the same mall, so the “extra” store closure happened a long time ago.
I always thought the service was good and the people friendly in the original store (which began as a different brand in the Federated chain, Bon Marche), but I haven’t been there since they moved into the digs of the May store (Meier & Frank). I never liked Meier & Frank.
You mean Picksburgh Mills, 'n'at?
They're not too far apart. Maybe 10 miles. PM is a lot easier to access than Heights Mall.
I hear PM is tanking, too.
***I’ve been to several Macy’s in my area. All look like upscale flea markets. They also have no customer service. I simply stopped even trying to shop there.***
I went to Macy’s (new in my area) just once. Surly clerk chewing gum smack, smack, smack. The merchandise was definitely flea market quality. But the prices were upper-middle class. Won’t go back again.
that is so sad. so who ISN”T tanking in the Picksburgh district? people just not shopping, period? is Monroeville Mall still doing ok?
Macy’s would do well to learn something about PR from “Nordstroms”. Nasty, surly, complaining staff takes the fun out of shopping at Macy’s.
I think Macys stinks. Their customer service is terrible. They spend tons of money on newspaper advertisements offering what looks like great incentives, at least until you try using the coupons. Then you find out there are so many exclusions they are practically useless. They also must think their customers are idiots because they are always advertising special “one day only” sales, with a preview day that has the exact same hours, the exact same prices and the exact same things on sale. Do they really think the customers are too stupid to figure out that it’s really a 2-day sale? If the ones in my area go away I won’t miss them at all and they would only have themselves to blame because they didn’t used to be this bad.
Ditto for me. The service at Macy's is nonexistent, and the clothing “sales” are almost always focused on the house brands. The only local department store I shop is Belk, which is much cleaner, more modern, better lit, and more extensively stocked with higher-quality merchandise than the Macy's here.
One of the primary stores I shop at is Nordstroms. AT least it is clean, the service helpful if not downright a support group for co-dependents, and the products are a higher quality than most other stores. Macy’s is a fifth rate joke.
Where are these Macy’s stores that employ these type people? I’ve worked as a vendor at 4 Macy’s here in Washington state and have only met very nice employees! Lazy somewhat, but nice!
Richmond area.
They must have learned their customer-service skills at Walmart.
i agree... i used to love to shop at Macy's... my favorite time to shop there was during their Fall sales in September...
now it's a big mess with piles of clothes and boxes of shoes sitting around... employees dressed like they're at a night club... belly buttons showing, thongs peeking out from waist bands...
Nordstrom’s isn’t a competitor to Macys, Nordstrom’s is more competition to Bloomingdales. If you are looking for prices and quality similar to Macys then Belk is a much closer match. However, Belk is only a regional chain most people have never heard of. We have one 5 minutes from our house, along with a SteinMart.
I wear petites, too. I do find some nice things at Macy’s. I don’t have to dress up often, so three ‘fancy’ outfits have lasted me for years on end. :)
I’m 5’1. My best friend is 6’, with huge ‘gunboats’ for feet, LOL! (She’ll tell you that, too.) We both can usually find what we need at Macy’s on our semi-annual shopping sprees.
You are fortunate. Interestingly enough, my best friend for years who, unfortunately moved away is also 6 ft. tall in her bare feet. I am 5 ft. Funny.
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