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As for Riverplace, the canned lifestyle center, it makes me wonder if they were thinking of taking Pheasant Lane and adding “lifestyle elements” to it, too.

What is the nearest major mall to Foxboro? Emerald Square? Have to wonder what (if any) impact Patriot Place would have on existing malls…

As for the Macy’s flagship doing badly, what are they expecting? I do wonder how it’s doing in Chicago overall, or if it’s just the flagship that’s languishing. The Macy’s “conversion” has involved putting new signs up, and that’s about it (remember when K-Mart put “Big” in front of their signs?). And I’m sure whatever they saved beancounting the advertising has been completely lost trashing whatever was left of shopper loyalty. Mix in the complete lack of consistency in Macy’s stores (ranging from nice to completely trashed (Northlake Mall, Atlanta GA, where I kid you not they have fake chrome hubcaps tacked to the walls in the men’s department)) .

For as much crap as Dillard’s got when they did the same thing 10 years ago, they quickly renovated a lot of stores and at least their stores are consistent and modern (at least around here.)

It’s a shame that Charles Lazarus had to witness Federated’s decimation of the Lazarus name.

Regarding the floundering sales at the former Marshall Field’s flagship store, it’s laughable (although not at all surprising) that Federated fails to admit the real reason as to why the store is doing poorly: the name change. In actuality, it would have made much more business sense to have kept the Marshall Field’s name around for (at least) just that one location: If that had happened, the State Street store would still have served as a huge tourist trap. Plus, the costs of keeping the name around for just one location would have been so immaterial for a large company like Federated.

Also, I believe the The Bon-Ton should have waited another year before closing Carson Pirie Scott’s flagship store. While it’s true that (according to The Bon-Ton) the flagship store was the worst performing store in the entire chain, keeping the store open for just another year would have been worth it to see if sales could increase significantly as a result of all the anti-Macy’s sentiment in Chicago.

Also, are we talking about the same Charles Lazarus of Toys R Us?