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NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 09:39 PM Dec 2016

Report: Downtown Minneapolis Macys To Close

Source: CBS

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) After decades as a flagship department store in the downtown district, the Nicollet Mall Macys will soon be shutting its doors, according to a report from Twin Cities Business Magazine.

The publication says Macys informed city officials of its plans to permanently close in the first half of 2017. The rumored announcement isnt expected until after the holiday season, which means this year may be your last chance to visit the long-running Santaland attraction at the store.

Earlier this year, the company announced plans to close 100 of its stores, but didnt specify which ones.

Read more: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/12/01/report-downtown-minneapolis-macys-to-close/#.WEC87xtnwVI.gmail



It's not looking good for Macy at all. Here in Seattle they are selling off complete floors at the downtown flagship store.
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Report: Downtown Minneapolis Macys To Close (Original Post) NWCorona Dec 2016 OP
But, but,but Trump will give them a taxpayer incentive! No? dhol82 Dec 2016 #1
Can we get Dayton's back? suegeo Dec 2016 #2
Everyone who remembers Dayton's misses it. dflprincess Dec 2016 #8
Can we get Nicollet Mall back? question everything Dec 2016 #21
I have probably been to Santaland 30 times. It is magic each time-a Tradition. riversedge Dec 2016 #3
Thanks for that link! NWCorona Dec 2016 #7
But since Macy's took over it's the same thing every year dflprincess Dec 2016 #11
true. I miss Daytons display but I find something new each time it seems. Besides, it is riversedge Dec 2016 #15
I still slip and call Macy's stores "Dayton's" too. dflprincess Dec 2016 #22
Thanks, Donald BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #4
I hate to see them go mdbl Dec 2016 #5
Yup! The Bon Marche was gobbled up by Federated and NWCorona Dec 2016 #10
I'm being serious, someone should ask Trump if he will provide a tax incentive for them as well? Firebrand Gary Dec 2016 #6
Pretty sure Macy's is high on rump's shitlist since they Leghorn21 Dec 2016 #17
A friend & I were thinking maybe Gov. Dayton could buy the building back dflprincess Dec 2016 #9
Really? That's a good Macy's; I go there every year when I'm in Minneapolis. LisaM Dec 2016 #12
Big part of the problem? busterbrown Dec 2016 #14
I know, and I hate it. Seattle is turning into retail hell. LisaM Dec 2016 #16
So Im a retailer... busterbrown Dec 2016 #20
We must have a lot in common. I'm live in Seattle and my partner is from the Twin Cities NWCorona Dec 2016 #18
I was there yesterday (I shop there a lot) and with the top floors closed off... LisaM Dec 2016 #24
People in cities need to get offline and go into stores. LisaM Dec 2016 #13
I would shop on amazon more if I wasn't hit with the sales tax. NWCorona Dec 2016 #19
Every Time RobinA Dec 2016 #26
Most places will order, though. LisaM Dec 2016 #27
This will only increase profits for online retailers, FedX, UPS etc. Maybe even the USPS? YOHABLO Dec 2016 #23
Macy's is a sinking ship. It's only a matter of time. LuckyLib Dec 2016 #25
Sad. I met my one-time fianc outside that Macy's on Nicollet mall. truthisfreedom Dec 2016 #28
I have fond memories of downtown. Scruffy1 Dec 2016 #29

dflprincess

(28,057 posts)
8. Everyone who remembers Dayton's misses it.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 09:57 PM
Dec 2016

A couple years ago I was buying a present for my niece's wedding; her sister was with me and, as the wait to pay dragged on and it became clear the poor clerk was new and overwhelmed (he was doing the best he could), I looked at my niece who said "Oh don't say it again."...Then the 80-something woman in front of me turned around and said "I miss Dayton's." Which was exactly what my niece was warning me not to say.

question everything

(47,263 posts)
21. Can we get Nicollet Mall back?
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 11:03 PM
Dec 2016

With Dayton and Donaldson, Harold and Young Quinlan. When strolling the streets was fun? Before the Mall of America sucked everything?

And now they wonder why people prefer the skyways over the streets?

dflprincess

(28,057 posts)
11. But since Macy's took over it's the same thing every year
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:00 PM
Dec 2016

Dayton's used to come up with something new.

riversedge

(69,708 posts)
15. true. I miss Daytons display but I find something new each time it seems. Besides, it is
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:15 PM
Dec 2016

the atmosphere that counts also. And friends or family with me. Just a grand time of the year.

Everybody I know still calls it Daytons--well, almost everybody, including myself. Never got used to calling it Marshalls either.

Like so many things--all changed, gone. gone

dflprincess

(28,057 posts)
22. I still slip and call Macy's stores "Dayton's" too.
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 12:04 AM
Dec 2016

(A real blast from the past, I recently called Barnes & Nobles "B. Dalton's&quot

I was trying to get hold of my nieces tonight to remind them we need to take their kids down to the Christmas display as it is our last chance.

mdbl

(4,972 posts)
5. I hate to see them go
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 09:52 PM
Dec 2016

Nice department stores have always been a sign of prosperity for this country. Unfortunately, for the last 35 years, they have been declining steadily. Macy's is the old Federated Company which sucked up almost all local upscale dept stores in major and secondary markets. It had to constantly combine and close locations to stay afloat. Being the most recognized they changed their corporate name to Macy's. Now, the Macy's brand and stores is most of all it has left to close. People like sitting at home and ordering on-line. Seems like it won't be long until it's a bygone era. I will continue to patronize the brick and mortars until they close, but I am mostly buying on-line. So I take some of the blame.

Firebrand Gary

(5,044 posts)
6. I'm being serious, someone should ask Trump if he will provide a tax incentive for them as well?
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 09:54 PM
Dec 2016

We need to keep Macy's, all of them. If Trump is giving out tax incentives to keep jobs, then let's take him at his word. It really shouldn't be a problem; that is unless he had nothing to do with providing tax incentives...

Leghorn21

(13,520 posts)
17. Pretty sure Macy's is high on rump's shitlist since they
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:17 PM
Dec 2016

dropped his clothing line after his "Mexicans are rapists" pronouncement? - and they apparently have no plan to bring back his Made in America - d'oh! - his Made in China suits despite his recent election to the highest post in the land -

dflprincess

(28,057 posts)
9. A friend & I were thinking maybe Gov. Dayton could buy the building back
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 09:59 PM
Dec 2016

and turn it into a home for us aging DFLers. The facade could stay the same and the Dayton name could go back on the building.

LisaM

(27,758 posts)
12. Really? That's a good Macy's; I go there every year when I'm in Minneapolis.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:06 PM
Dec 2016

It's one of my favorite ones, and it always seems busy.

I was in the Seattle one today. I actually really like Macy's. I knew that they'd closed a couple of top floors for offices, which I think is fine, the top floors were almost empty anyway.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
14. Big part of the problem?
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:13 PM
Dec 2016

On line buying especially by the Millennials. I hope they begin to understand that they are only hurting themselves.. Retail Jobs diminish...hurts the overall economy.

LisaM

(27,758 posts)
16. I know, and I hate it. Seattle is turning into retail hell.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:16 PM
Dec 2016

The only new things that come in are really overpriced stores like Vons (usually empty), now Westlake is just fancy outlets, and then 7-11 and Chipotle type places.

The Millennials all want to live and work downtown but then they don't want to give it the retail vibrancy a downtown should have. This bugs me. And to be fair, I think it started with Gen Xers.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
20. So Im a retailer...
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:28 PM
Dec 2016

You know whats happening in L.A?
All Retail shops are closing and being replace by higher end Boutique restaurants..all over the city
and... They are closing faster than their opening..

Perspective Restaurants need to speak to local established retailers before making stupid decisions to spend tons of dollars to build..And most of these restaurants that go out..maybe takes 2 yrs? are really nice.. I find that these perspective owners do not want to hear opinions...but this is the time to hear opinions......Huge Closures of Retailers on the streets means the middle class (yea ha) is not just not buying into our economy.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
18. We must have a lot in common. I'm live in Seattle and my partner is from the Twin Cities
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:18 PM
Dec 2016

We go to visit her family at least every other year or so and she also worked for Macy’s and would always check that store out when we visited.

The Seattle store is just a shell of its former self. I remember a time when it was packed with merchandise. That was the corporate office for the Bon Marche before the buyout so it's understandable that there is some unused space now.

LisaM

(27,758 posts)
24. I was there yesterday (I shop there a lot) and with the top floors closed off...
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 01:52 PM
Dec 2016

It actually seems more crowded with stuff. I like it better I did like the Bon Marche a lot, and miss it. I'm originally from Michigan, and we lost Hudson's when Dayton's took it over - now THAT was a great store!

LisaM

(27,758 posts)
13. People in cities need to get offline and go into stores.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:09 PM
Dec 2016

I hate shopping online for a variety of reasons, but especially for clothes. I like to try things on.

Our downtowns are going to go to hell if people won't go into the stores - not to mention the job loss.

I go to Minneapolis about once a year, and I usually spend a couple of hundred dollars at that Macy's. It's part of the reason I like to stay downtown.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
19. I would shop on amazon more if I wasn't hit with the sales tax.
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 10:19 PM
Dec 2016

I also like to see and touch what I'm buying. At least the first time.

RobinA

(9,874 posts)
26. Every Time
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 03:48 PM
Dec 2016

I make an attempt to buy brick and mortar I go to about 3 stores, nobody has it, so it's back to Amazon.

LisaM

(27,758 posts)
27. Most places will order, though.
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 03:52 PM
Dec 2016

I frequent a very small bookshop in the San Juans, and I send them emails to special order ahead of time, and when I get to the island, they have it for me. And I've made friends with the two lovely ladies who run the shop.

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
23. This will only increase profits for online retailers, FedX, UPS etc. Maybe even the USPS?
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 12:17 AM
Dec 2016

Our city centers will be left to hotels and empty buildings. Oh well, perhaps we can turn them all into city parks. Yeah right.

truthisfreedom

(23,113 posts)
28. Sad. I met my one-time fianc outside that Macy's on Nicollet mall.
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 03:53 PM
Dec 2016

Still the most beautiful and precious woman I've ever known. Sniffle.

Scruffy1

(3,239 posts)
29. I have fond memories of downtown.
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 04:03 PM
Dec 2016

I actually worked on the streets and sewers there when I was young. It was another era. People were friendlier and you could do your Christmas shopping by bus with Dayton's, Donaldsens and JC Penny all having stores there. Now, I mainly avoid it.

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