Stores to reopen under new name at Woodland Hills, Tulsa Promenade
Get ready to be "Macyized."
On Sept. 9 the Foley's nameplate disappears for good, and Federated Department Stores Inc. makes retailing history as hundreds of regional department stores across the country reopen as Macy's.
Consumers in 45 states will be introduced to the chain's idea of "affordable luxury," and Federated is betting its Macy's division will soon become a brand instantly identifiable from coast to coast.
Federated -- also the parent company of upscale department store Bloomingdale's -- is now the largest department store company in the country, with more than 800 locations in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam.
All the former May's Department Store Co. stores -- including five Oklahoma Foley's locations -- will transform into Macy's on the same day, Macy's spokesman Kamal Bosamia said. Both of the Macy's stores in Tulsa -- at Woodland Hills Mall and Tulsa Promenade -- will celebrate the new name with actual red carpets outside one of their entrances, Bosamia said.
The stores open at 10 a.m., but at Woodland Hills, special musical entertainment
by local band Snap Dragon begins at 9 a.m. at the store's south entrance. Susan Neal, the city's director of community development and education initiative, will join store general manager Steve Rice to mark Macy's entry into the Tulsa market.
The general manager at the Tulsa Promenade store also will welcome customers at 9:30 a.m.
Both stores will give away 500 gift cards valued at $10, Bosamia said, and mixed in will be two worth $500 and one for $1,000. Those grand prizes will only be revealed when the recipients use the cards.
Macy's own home and apparel brands have been filtering into its acquired stores all summer, and some of the locations have been renovated with new carpet, paint and fixtures, and remodeled dressing rooms.
The Macy's signage has been attached to the former Foley's store at Tulsa Promenade, 41st Street and Yale Avenue. Federated Department Stores Inc. will officially open the store — and another at Woodland Hills Mall — under the new name Sept. 9. The event will be repeated at hundreds of stores across the nation.
Get ready to be "Macyized."
On Sept. 9 the Foley's nameplate disappears for good, and Federated Department Stores Inc. makes retailing history as hundreds of regional department stores across the country reopen as Macy's.
Consumers in 45 states will be introduced to the chain's idea of "affordable luxury," and Federated is betting its Macy's division will soon become a brand instantly identifiable from coast to coast.
Federated -- also the parent company of upscale department store Bloomingdale's -- is now the largest department store company in the country, with more than 800 locations in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam.
All the former May's Department Store Co. stores -- including five Oklahoma Foley's locations -- will transform into Macy's on the same day, Macy's spokesman Kamal Bosamia said. Both of the Macy's stores in Tulsa -- at Woodland Hills Mall and Tulsa Promenade -- will celebrate the new name with actual red carpets outside one of their entrances, Bosamia said.
The stores open at 10 a.m., but at Woodland Hills, special musical entertainment
by local band Snap Dragon begins at 9 a.m. at the store's south entrance. Susan Neal, the city's director of community development and education initiative, will join store general manager Steve Rice to mark Macy's entry into the Tulsa market.
The general manager at the Tulsa Promenade store also will welcome customers at 9:30 a.m.
Both stores will give away 500 gift cards valued at $10, Bosamia said, and mixed in will be two worth $500 and one for $1,000. Those grand prizes will only be revealed when the recipients use the cards.
Macy's own home and apparel brands have been filtering into its acquired stores all summer, and some of the locations have been renovated with new carpet, paint and fixtures, and remodeled dressing rooms.
The Macy's signage has been attached to the former Foley's store at Tulsa Promenade, 41st Street and Yale Avenue. Federated Department Stores Inc. will officially open the store — and another at Woodland Hills Mall — under the new name Sept. 9. The event will be repeated at hundreds of stores across the nation.
