Marshall Field aka Macy's

Is Macy%26#39;s anything like the old Marshall Field terms of quality and selection, or is it like any other Macy%26#39;s? I have a gift card to use, but wonder if I%26#39;d do as well at my local Macy%26#39;s.

Marshall Field aka Macy's

The Macys are the same all across the country.

The quality is a step or 2 down from the old Marshall Fields.

On designers MF used to carry the top end of the lines. And Macys will carry the bottom lines of the designers.

If you talk to the employees, they seem to be a little disappointed in the quality of merchandise.

Marshall Field aka Macy's

Agree with the comment above. The atmosphere just isn%26#39;t the same either. Of the three things I bought there last week, two are going back because of faults.

That%26#39;s a pity. Sounds like a waste of time.

I would think Marshall Fields got a nice bump in sales from tourists.

A different department store. Not available all across the country.

Too bad. Now just a chain.

One thing that still sets the Loop Macy%26#39;s apart from the others and that I really like is the ';store within a store'; - i.e. Thomas Pink, BCBG, Merz Apothecary. However, I am not sure your Macy%26#39;s gift certificates would be accepted at these places.

While I agree that the basic quality of items at Macy%26#39;s is the same around the country (and that their high end is lower than that of MF), the difference at the State Street store is the huge selection. The women%26#39;s shoe department alone is at least half as big as my entire local Macy%26#39;s, and they have a much wider range of designers than my local Delaware stores. I think it%26#39;s definitely worth checking out.

The State St Macy%26#39;s is still a pretty amazing store. How many department stores have a huge selection of oriental rugs, for instance?

Levenger is another neat store-within-a-store there.

The 7th floor food court is a nice place for lunch, casual and not too pricey but very good; I%26#39;m partial to the Frontera outlet (Rick Bayless).

I feel bad for the various ex-Field%26#39;s employees who are suffering from the lower sales volume in the renamed store. I just don%26#39;t know what Federated was thinking when they renamed the store to Macy%26#39;s.

In addition to the good food options at the State Street store (also a gourmet food court on the basement level), there%26#39;s also a really cool Tiffany mosaic ceiling. Go to the Clinique counter in cosmetics and look up.

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