"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote
> More recently, there was a merger between The May Co. and Federated
> Department Stores, making it the largest conglomerate of department stores
> in
> the country. They are represented in all but two of the Continental US.
>
> The various stores are Famous-Barr, Filene's, Foleys, Hecht's, Kaufmann's,
> Lord & Taylor, L. S. Ayres, Marshall Field's, Meier & Frank,
> Robinsons-May,
> Strawbridge's, The Jones Store, David's Bridal, After Hours, and Priscilla
> of
> Boston.

Let's not forget how Federated turned Macy's into a second class store.
Amazing Bloomingdale's stays in business under their tender loving care.
Federated is Canada's revenge on the US.

On a related note, Canada's latest ad campaign is something like ...
America! come on up!

nancy