1199 Goes After Paterson’s Friends

Here’s a print ad that’s in the Daily News. It’s the latest shot at David Paterson from 1199 SEIU over the governor’s proposal to reduce health care spending.

The union’s strategy is to target Paterson’s very public allies, like Macy’s department store, Time Warner Cable, and Con Ed, which, for most Americans, are better associated Read More

1199 Goes After Paterson’s Friends

Here’s a print ad that’s in the Daily News. It’s the latest shot at David Paterson from 1199 SEIU over the governor’s proposal to reduce health care spending.
The union’s strategy is to target Paterson’s very public allies, like Macy’s department store, Time Warner Cable, and Con Ed, which, for most Americans, are better Read More

’08 Holidays To Be Dismal For Retailers, Jolly For Shoppers

The 2008 holiday season is shaping up to be a bleak one for retailers, but consumers on a tight budget will get more bang for their buck. Straddled with surpluses from lackluster spring and summer seasons, merchants are bracing themselves for “one of the worst selling seasons in years” and being “practically religious” in merchandise Read More

Report: Goldman, KKR Prepare $24 B. Bid For Macy’s

Women's Wear Daily is reporting this morning that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs Group are preparing a $24 billion bid to buy the Macy's retail chain.

According to WWD, a bid was expected last weekend, and both parties want to finalize a deal in time for Macy's investors' meetings scheduled for July 23:

Should Read More

Events for March 1, 2007

8 a.m. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric kick off Women’s History Month at Macy’s Herald Square, 151 West 34th St and Broadway.

8:30 a.m. The Observer’s Joe Conason talks about his book “It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of Bush” on C-SPAN.

8:30 a.m. Schools Read More

Q&A with Project Runway’s Tim Gunn and Daniel Vosovic

On Saturday at Macy’s, Amy Odell sat down with Project Runway season two runner-up Daniel Vosovic and Parsons fashion department chair Tim Gunn to talk reality shows, spring looks, and what everyone really thought of Project Runway winner Chloe Dao’s collection. In tomorrow’s paper: her report from the first day of the season three auditions. Read More

Emotionally Withdrawn From My Wedding Presents

ERICA: I’ve completely lost interest in our wedding registry. I’m so disinterested, in fact, I don’t even have it saved anymore under my “favorites” on my browser.

It makes no sense to me at all, since shopping is truly one of my favorite sporting events. And to make a list of all Read More

Move to Landmark in Chelsea

Last night Community Board 4 recommended that the Landmarks Preservaton Commission designate 127 Seventh Avenue as a landmark. The four-story red-brick building, which has a poorly known historical record, was thought to be a stable at one time for Macy’s, when the store located on 14th Avenue in the latter part of the 19th Read More