Comments on: Just Another Chain?

By: red star sucker

red star sucker — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:41:39 +0000

Hey they just laid me off. Fuck ‘em

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:52:45 +0000

Too bad Chicago – now you know how it feels. I, for one, have never set foot in any of the stores since they renamed Daytons to Marshall Fields. Having grown up just a few blocks from Southdale, I took the original changing of the name quite personally. Daytons was a household name here, pillar of the community store name, a name that stood for nothing less than “classy” in this town. You always waited with anticipation for their float to go by in the Aquatennial parade because it would always be the best one. Their ads were always clever and classy. If you had to get something really special, you went to Daytons to get it. And they did so much for the community. Target tries to fill these shoes in their plastic sort of way, but sorry, Target – no matter how many millions you pour into the community, you will never command the respect that the Daytons name did!

Bad, bad move in my book. A trend of present times that I despise. Seemingly timeless names like Minnegasco, NSP, Northwestern Bell and Daytons tossed out like some old shoe. Other seemingly timeless names like Donaldsons and Red Owl taken over by bigger chains and now gone forever. I avoided Carson Pirie Scott because of it. I still avoid Cub because of it. I would avoid Center Point Energy and Excel Energy and Qwest (or whatever they’re called now) if I could. Y’all change your names just enough times and we’ll all forget who the heck any of you are.

By: Anya

Anya — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:32:59 +0000

Hey lets get real here – I miss Daytons not Marshall Fields…
When the name changes to Macy’s business will be amazing..We can live without Prada and D&G they are tasteless clothing and assorted poorly made handbags that appeals to high priced call girls and people who do not know any better.
Lets stay positive that Macy’s will appeal to downtown.

By: Not2Sure

Not2Sure — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:31:34 +0000

Josi Wert dropped men’s fashion. Everything was half off or more when I was there early to mid-January. Josi mentioned trying out some cheaper basics merchandise (tshirts and jeans kinda fare for those uptown “creatives” or whatever) but that’s it.

Made me kinda sad.

By: MunsingW

MunsingW — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:33:35 +0000

Re: prediction

I'd always heard that the Marshall Field's downtown was quite profitable, relative to other stores. It would seem that, with a stable downtown office population and an ever increasing and more affluent downtown residential base, the future for that store would be pretty bright. Maybe I'm just fooling myself.

Now, the Marshall Field's headquarters office space might be a different story.

I have to admit I was pretty disappointed in the ambition of the downtown store remodeling work that they announced a while back. I was envisioning some grand atrium cut into the store, ala State Street, and instead we get a new eyeglass store. Boring.

By: taylor

taylor — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:44:17 +0000

Uh oh. If Alexis and annet team up, we’re all in trouble.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:05:19 +0000

Prediction: the downtown Macy’s will be closed and empty in 3 years.

By: DaveM

DaveM — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:41:41 +0000

Len Druskin is great, as long as you only want clothes that look like they’ve been beaten, faded, ripped, bleached, sanded, shrunk or otherwise ‘distressed.’ Can we all start to move past that look any time soon?

Re Top Shelf — if you don’t understand the value of a bespoke suit, you probably have no occasion to wear one. Stick to BR and I’m sure you’ll look just fine.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:03:59 +0000

Department stores are outmoded. No amount of merging or restructuring will save what basically amounts to a shittily-stocked mall. The whole reason department stores came into existence was because people wanted a place they could go for “one-stop shopping.” But now, instead of going to a 30,000 square foot store that has a few departments with a couple of brands a piece, I can go to a 700,000 square foot mall that has nearly every single thing I could need under one roof, along with active competition to keep prices low and products fresh. I hate to be the guy who’s praising malls here, but malls are to department stores what department stores were to general stores. Eventually, the ever-present Macy’s and Neiman’s of the world will be a fanciful memory of our youth.

By: FuzzUnit

FuzzUnit — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:54:13 +0000

When I shop in town, In Toto or G2 (Grethen House sales) have good clearance sales where you can find work-appropriate items. Hey, a Jil Sander blouse for $25?! Saks Outlet is not bad for some finds and Anthropologie, too, if you can get past the overstuffed merch and frilliness. Sisley in MOA has nicely tailored pieces, pricey not too high.