Reply #16: What's interesting about that is that

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Phil Miller (who, last I knew, was running Federated) was once Marshall Field's CEO when they were still a Chicago-based retailer. They had over 400 buyers at their State Street location. It was a really great store. Then Dayton-Hudson bought them out. Laid off all but 10 or so of their buyers in Chicago, reportedly because they wanted to do the buying in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Miller then left for Federated, which was a pity because he was widely credited with having turned around a once-dowdy Marshall Field's. MF then became an upscale mallish store. Nice, but not distinguished. That's the last I knew. So now they are part of Federated. Maybe if Miller is still with Federated, he'll bring back the glamour? Who knows.