...but now I will.

They had good sales.

Some of these places are suffering and probably will be gone in 5 years at least.

It is always packed...I mean ALWAYS PACKED.

Half of my closet is probably from Macy's.

I know my kids don't shop there but maybe a granddaughter has been there. The kids usually stick to Target----or a bunch of places I have never heard of.

I have bought a few things to wear at Target over the years, but not much.

was the late,much lamented Filenes. Now I shop at LL Bdean,Lands End,and occasionally Bloomingdales (closer to me than Macy's).

I'm retired,lazy,and don't need as much as I used to need so mail-order is my favorite type of shopping.

I was surprised that they had such good sales. I hadn't been at a Bloomingdale's in a long time, there are none near me and I don't feel like going to the Upper East Side of Manhattan to the flagship store. I was in PA during Thanksgiving and I went to the King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia with a friend. We first went to Macy's, tons of sales. I put some gift certificates to good use. LOL!!

I loved Filene's Basement. I'm sorry that it doesn't exist anymore. So many iconic stores are gone. My mother used to sew very well and loved Woolworth. As a little girl we used to go to a big Woolworth near City Hall in Philadelphia. Most of my Barbies came from that store. We would have lunch at the counter and then go to John Wanamaker's. That was a gorgeous store with a famous eagle in its center. They had a fantastic organ and one could listen to the organist play and have tea in the afternoon.

Ahhh, so many memories.

Here's a pic of the inside of Wanamaker's, it's now a Macy's. I'm glad that the building still stands in all its glory.



http://hiddencityphila.org/2013/12/tis-the-season-for-wanamakers/

My first job was at Woolworths---downtown Boston.

It was in the early 50s and there was no check out area. People paid at each counter and the salesclerks stood behind the counter. I sold Tangee lipstick and Blue Waltz perfume,among other things. (I'm amazed that I remember that)

I loved the 60 cents an hour too.

By the way,thanks for the wonderful picture of a beautiful building.

She loved that store. When I was quite young and worked in Manhattan, there was a Woolworth across the street from my job (3rd Ave. & 42nd St.). We didn't have a cafeteria, so I would eat at their lunch counter several times a week. Unfortunately, some months later all Woolworths were closed. It must have been 1997 because I just looked it up and that's the year when they went out of business.

As for the John Wanamaker's building, it's a beauty and I'm glad that Macy's took it over and it's still in use. The bldg. had remained empty for some time when Lord & Taylor bought it. When they decided to close that store I was afraid that the bldg. would be repurposed for offices or, worse yet, demolished. I was thrilled to hear that Macy's bought it. If you open the link there are more pics.

They have good sales and coupons. I'm going tomorrow.

Particularly the $20 one with a $50 purchase. I wait until they have their One Day Sale and maximize their purchase power. I did pretty well on Black Friday at the Macy's in the King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia. I managed to buy several Christmas gifts for little money. My friend wanted to go to Bloomingdale's and they had great sales too. She bought two evening gowns for less than $100 each.

and right now they offer 3 miles per dollar spent. I will definitely look into buying something for someone on my Christmas list to spite that creep.

and one who's a total asshole

to get revenge or whatever regarding his business affairs.

now I have to think of something to buy at Macy's.

http://consumerist.com/2015/12/04/lawsuit-claims-macys-detains-minorities-in-shoplifting-cells-makes-them-pay-bogus-fines/
Lawsuit Claims Macy’s Detains Minorities In Shoplifting Cells, Makes Them Pay Bogus Fines

More than a year after Macy’s agreed to pay $650K to settle allegations of racial profiling in its stores and promised it would incorporate more staff training to combat such behavior, a woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against the department store, claiming it unfairly detains minority shoppers and puts them in holding cells, whether they’ve done anything wrong or not. On top of that, the complaint claims, Macy’s then extorts those people for bogus fines.

In the complaint the woman says the retailer imprisons minority shoplifters in special holding cells.

“This coercive collection practice or scheme has become so profitable that Macy’s…has dedicated an entire unit within its existing store, which operates like a typical jail, equipped with holding cells, where alleged shoplifters are held for hours on end, and are pressured, threatened, and often harassed until they find no reprieve but to make civil penalty payments to (Macy’s),” the suit states.

The plaintiff says that she was detained at Macy’s flagship Herald Square location in New York City back in July 2014. She claims that a guard took her to the cell under suspicion that she was planning to steal a set of shirts. According to the complaint, she was kept in that cell and questioned for three hours, without being given the chance to call a lawyer or her family, and forced to sign papers admitting her guilt. She accuses the retailer of making her pay $100 fine in cash before she was turned over to police.

I remember that lawsuit because it was local news in my area. I agree that they should have been sued for profiling and I hope that they have stopped that practice. To be fair, they do have a problem with shoplifters at the flagship store. It's huge and hard to secure. When I was in my early 20s I worked there during a holiday season. I was on the same floor where they had the coats. I remember the manager being out of her wits one day because in a few hours 5 coats had been stolen.

too bad Gimbels is gone they might have had a chance.

When I was still a teenager I remember buying a pair of earrings for a Christmas gift at Gimbels. Shortly after it closed its doors.

the parking is free.

I take public transportation when I feel like going to NY. Parking is expensive and hard to find.

Granted, this was ten and fifteen years ago, but I parked on surface lots for about $5 a day.

Most people take the subway, bus or a cab to get around.

supporters .

Why does The Donald hate Christmas?

They demonstrated unequivocally that they don't care about my business when they killed off Marshall Fields in Chicago. Screw 'em.

The same thing happened in my area when Macy's bought Stern's. They closed them out. I wasn't happy about it, but Stern's would have closed sooner or later. It was struggling to stay afloat.

To think that this guy could actually become the Republican nominee is scary.

We just replaced most of our bedroom and bathroom linen - for the last time in our lives.
We bought the vast majority of stuff from Macy's. Now I wish we needed more and we had more money - just to defy that despicable, racist scumbag.

He shouts "Look at me" every time he opens his mouth. Retailers struggle enough without him trying to start a boycott. Macy's employs thousands of people nationwide. Hundreds of vendors sell their products through Macy's, but they should all go bankrupt because Macy's stopped selling his ties? It's his own fault. They stopped selling his brand due to his racist, sexist and bigoted mouth. He has no one to blame but himself.

the media would be on this 24/7

But Trump the clown can get away with saying outrageous things because his supporters are just as nutty as he is.

That's capitalism Donnie. They don't like your product, they don't have to sell it. Now he's using politics to further his business rivalries. Unfit to be dog catcher, let alone anything higher.

Come on Donny: calling for retaliation isn't presidential.

Tough shit.

They could all do it on the same night in cities across the country and give it some catchy name like Operation Night of Broken Glass. Or something like that.

They are crazy enough to do it.

Another one of the great old locals bought out by the big chain...nevertheless, it's still one of my major Christmas stores and dumping Il Donald just encourages me to spend there!

The flagship store was in Columbus. It closed in 2005, it had opened in 1851. It appears that it was one of the four founding members of Federated Department Stores (along with Williams Filene's Sons Co., Abraham & Straus and Bloomingdale's). It's a pity that the only remaining member is Bloomingdale's.

Nine floors of merchandise (six floors, two basements and an annex) numerous restaurants, everything from toys to pets, luggage to books, perfume to exotic foods and the best of Christmas windows...other places had Santa's Helpers, but only Lazarus Downtown had the REAL Santa! It was our Marshall Fields/Bloomingdales/Macy's. Women dressed up to visit there and a shopping trip to Columbus from the surrounding countryside was pointless if you didn't go to Lazarus.The store had four parking garages, including valet parking. No mall could ever come close to Downtown Lazarus.

I'm sorry that it's gone.

Anything Trump wants to boycott is worth shopping at. The same thing goes to Starbucks

Time to use it.

This asshole is going to be a very brief WTF?!! paragraph in my grandkids' US History book, nothing more.

I have faith in the basic intelligence and sobriety of the voting American public.

waiting in line to buy it at Macy's. I'm going to go on a limb and say Macy's won't miss the business.

For someone who is so against immigrants, he sure knows how to use cheap labor.

eom

They're are liable to lose life and limb.

Christ threw him out of the temple. Money and ego, not much else there.

Petty man

I'm not really doing any brick-and-mortar shopping, anyway.

I'd probably shop at Macy's more often just as a middle finger to Trump.

(She said with a smug glow...) Maybe I'll pick up something there though, just to stick it to him.

You bad person!!! Actually, I'm almost done too. For some years now I resolve the issue pretty quickly by giving the adults and teenagers a gift certificate to a store where I know they like to shop. Children get toys and other people, like neighbors, get a small gift. Nail salon ladies, hair stylist, etc. get a monetary gift.

Last night I also completed my Christmas cards. I'm about to go to the post office to mail them. Then I'm going to NYC to see the Macy's windows and maybe do a bit more shopping.

Take that, Trump!!!