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The Good News and Bad News for Kohl’s

[…] Kohl’s into a real estate move. David Simon, CEO of Simon Properties, and Richard Baker, CEO of the Hudson Bay Company, both became billionaires, not because of their retail acumen. They were, and still are mega-wealthy based on their brilliant […]

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Fixing Macy\’s: Possible and Impossible Solutions

[…] only modest improvement in profitability over the next three years. The pandemic has made Macy\’s situation far more dire. The company posted an adjusted loss of $630 million last quarter. It is likely to lose considerably more than $1 billion […]

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Macy\’s Off-Price Gambit Is the Only Way Forward

[…] the department store giant fought through the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. Since the beginning of April, the company has opened 26 new Backstage stores within full-line Macy\’s locations. That brings the Backstage store count to an even […]

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Macy’s Beats Back Activist Attack

[…] Partners portfolio manager Scott Ostfeld estimated that Macy’s digital operations could be worth $16.8 billion: far more than the entire company’s market value at the time. Macy’s management took this suggestion seriously. Rather than rebuffing Jana Partners, CEO Jeff Gennette […]

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Macy’s: The Charade on 34th Street? (Part 1)

[…] celebrated in film. Now, it\’s more a charade than anything else. Macy\’s Past Macy\’s should have waited to purchase May Company, its principal competitor, until after it fell to the ground. That way, Macy\’s could have picked and chosen the […]

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Activists Chart an Uncertain Future for Macy’s

[…] interest in Macy\’s became public earlier this month, after portfolio manager Scott Ostfeld stated at an investor conference that the company could double its stock price by spinning off its ecommerce business. Jana Partners\’ interest in Macy\’s became public earlier […]

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Macy’s: Charade on 34th Street? (Part 2)

[…] of course, its customers. 2. Price: Now and Likely Forever, a Customer Imperative Macy\’s, including both the Federated and May Company stores that are its original units, have all been high/low price-driven for most of their past. In other words, […]

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