While the evil empire from New York City (Macy’s) served complimentary slices of Frango Mint Ice Cream pie to the some twenty guests dining in the seventh floor Walnut Room, about 100 hard-core Marshall Field’s fans staged a protest underneath the the historic clock on State Street below. Today marks the one-year anniversary of Macy’s changing the name of Field’s after after gobbling up May Department Stores, which Field's had been a part of. Organized... more ›

No sooner did Chicagoist pick Federated Stores Inc. vs. Marshall Field’s as the Story To Watch in our Month in Review post than we saw this press release from the company and this article in the Tribune stating Federated will be doing further research on whether to retain the Marshall Field’s name on the stores it will acquire in their planned merger with May Department Stores. more ›

Continuing the recent trend of selling off our middle-tier department stores located on State Street, Saks Inc. is reportedly trying to dump it's chain of Carson Pirie Scott stores. Analysts are saying that Saks would rather concentrate on its higher-end Saks Fifth Avenue stores. more ›

In January, Chicagoist posted that Federated Department Stores was thinking about buying May Department Stores and thanks to a tip last night (thanks, Jasmine!) we found out it's a done deal. more ›

Two years ago Federated Department Stores (Macy's, Bloomingdale's) and May Department Stores (Marshall Field's, Lord & Taylor, Filene's, Robinsons May) talked about merging but it didn't work out. Now they're talking about it again. more ›

No, not the "Save 50% off all Linens" kind. Target Corp., parent of Marshall Field's, has reached an agreement to sell the Chicago retail institution to May Department Stores Co. for $3.24 billion. Field's will join a stable of retail chains that includes Lord & Taylor and Filene's. more ›