M - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/m/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:40:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 M - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/m/ 32 32 103504436 Macy’s to furlough majority of its 130,000 workers amid coronavirus https://houstonnewmedia.org/macys-to-furlough-majority-of-its-130000-workers-amid-coronavirus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=macys-to-furlough-majority-of-its-130000-workers-amid-coronavirus Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:40:56 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=40e7a6cddb474d161fed84cfe64b77da Department store giant Macy's Inc. announced March 30 that it will furlough the majority of its workforce of 130,000 as it grapples with the impact of COVID-19, which has ground sales to a halt.

Macy's (NYSE: M) made the announcement 13 days after it ...

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]]> 31198 Here’s what future of Macy’s looks like https://houstonnewmedia.org/heres-what-future-of-macys-looks-like/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-what-future-of-macys-looks-like Thu, 06 Feb 2020 14:38:33 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=58057749efb2cbcb9d04d993b1058bd2 With department store giant Macy's Inc. decimating its store count, the retailer in its Investor Day presentation of its new three-year strategy laid out a vision of its future that is less reliant on the dying American mall.

Just 16 hours before the ...

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]]> 16391 Macy’s closing 96 additional stores, cutting 2,000 jobs https://houstonnewmedia.org/macys-closing-96-additional-stores-cutting-2000-jobs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=macys-closing-96-additional-stores-cutting-2000-jobs Tue, 04 Feb 2020 22:23:53 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=f41ff52e58afb978ec66bffedbd589bb Retail giant Macy's Inc. is closing 125 stores and culling 10 percent of its corporate workforce, representing 2,000 jobs.

Following closely on the heels that Macy's (NYSE: M) is abandoning its Cincinnati headquarters, the department store giant annou...

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]]> 16047 Macy’s appears to be planning a new type of standalone store in Texas https://houstonnewmedia.org/macys-appears-to-be-planning-a-new-type-of-standalone-store-in-texas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=macys-appears-to-be-planning-a-new-type-of-standalone-store-in-texas Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:46:27 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=5c5f26d1542fe875ccb7c6bf8b1d20f8 Cincinnati-based department store giant Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M) appears to be planning a new type of standalone store separate from its six existing brands.

Listings on Macy's job posting website include five positions for a "new retail concept at Macy'...

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