Apropos of nothing but TV-related stuff, Jack Benny's wife/girlfriend Mary Livingston was said to work at the May Company in L.A. as part of Benny's fictionalized comedy life on his program.
On Aug 27, 4:50 pm, Scott Fouru <[email protected]> wrote: > As usual, Melissa knows a lot. The May Company was a St Louis > institution, until they were purchased by Federated Department Stores > [FDS], of Cincinnati. After their assimilation of all the upper-mid- > market department store retailing in the US was complete, they changed > their corporate name to reflect the best known name of all their > divisions and became simply "Macy's Inc" [NYSE: M]. > > Before that change, they renamed all the acquired stores which were > not closed due to market overlap or antitrust concerns to "Macy's" and > now only operate two store brands: Macy's and Bloomingdale's. > > Further irrelevant sidebar: Macy's is, AFAIK, only one of two major US > retailers which still owns its own credit card portfolio. > > ______ > On Aug 27, 5:17 pm, "Melissa P" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > St. Louis, I thought. And, I thought Macy's bought May. But what do I > > know. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > Behalf Of Bill Partsch > > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 6:00 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] NO TV: Hurricane Info > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the May Co., owner of Macy's and eraser > > of Marshall Field, Famous Barr, Stern's and a host of other local retail > > stalwarts, headquartered in Cincinnati? -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
