Reflections on giving the lady what she wants
Yesterday, I wrote about Federated's takeover of Marshall Field & Company, and ten other regional department stores chains. There was one thing I failed to mention in that entry. Yes, we Chicagoans will miss Marshall Field and its unique regional identity. However, the high-end upscale stores, Marshall Field being one of them, are losing business rapidly, for several reasons. First of all, these stores always realized that the upper middle class and upper crust were its traditional target... Sign in to see full entry.