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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Matthew Cantrell (talk | contribs) at 16:21, 29 August 2016 (Burdines was not acquired by Macy's: new section). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.


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This is the discussion page related to work on the Wikipedia article about the defunct Burdines Department Stores of Miami, Florida, United States.

If you have suggestions or questions regarding the article, please post here, editing the appropriate section. The following are general areas of interest that are in need of contributions.

Feel free to edit the main article if you have knowledge or can obtain knowledge in these and other pertinent areas. -- ArkansasTraveler at 68.28.91.118 22:04, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Company Information

  • Founding of the Company
  • Innovative Practices
  • Merger with Federated
  • Community Impact

Significant Events & Traditions

Including sponsorship of community events & celebrations

Former Locations

  • Original stores
  • Acquisitions

Miscellaneous Materials

  • Photographs
  • Logos
  • Related websites and offline references

carriage-trade store

This sentence in the opening paragraph is meaningless to the average reader (and missing a comma): "Historically Burdines was known as the carriage-trade store in Florida". I'm tempted to remove it but I don't know if its trying to convey something useful. Is it trying to say that the chain was previously named "The Carriage-Trade Store" or is it trying to indicate that the chain was a "carriage trade store" (I could find few references to "carriage trade stores" in Google). Eli lilly (talk) 13:10, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Burdines catered to a wealthier clientele than Sears or J.C. Penney. The phrase "carriage trade" is fairly commonly used to describe a store catering to the well-off. Horologium t-c 01:48, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Founding

Any questions about my edit, please refer to thislink. Thanks, VictorianMutant (talk) 05:12, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Burdines was not acquired by Macy's

Burdines was merged with Macy's not acquired by it. Much like the other regional department stores owned by Federated Retail Holdings the store was renamed Burdines-Macy's in 2003. Then in 2005 Burdines along with the other stores was consolidated into Macy's because Federated decided to make the store a national brand.

Matthew Cantrell (talk) 16:21, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]