Federated Quotes

There is no loyalty to a store -- that's what Federated has gone to school and found out. The place with the best product at the right time and at the right price, that's where the customer loyalty is. - Howard Davidowitz

There is a high likelihood of lower prices... The department store segment is a supplier's worst nightmare. Department stores demand more allowances from vendors, they want to be able to return inventory if it doesn't sell well. A Federated-May merger could be an even worse scenario for the suppliers. - Howard Davidowitz

The value of this is it's the next step beyond a federated database. - Janet Perna

The retail business in general is strong, and Federated is doing well, considering it has stores in major cities such as New York and San Francisco, where the affluent shopper is driving a lot of sales. - George Whalin

The quarter included stronger-than-expected performance in both the Federated and former May Company divisions, as well as a benefit from a tax settlement and related adjustments. - Terry Lundgren

The new concept for department stores and specialty stores has to be a smaller footprint, shopping carts, a 'spoke and wheel' layout where an inner circle leads to an outer circle instead of the tiresome grid layouts, and central checkout systems... Federated is making similar changes, by introducing a checkout counter for every seven departments within a store. - John Gifford

The most important people who have to be motivated are the store employees; they're your life blood. Federated knows this. - Howard Davidowitz

The jewel that Federated would want is the Marshall Field's flagship State Street store in Chicago. - Howard Davidowitz

The federated presence capability in Cisco Unified Presence Server will ultimately help to drive enhanced communications and productivity within the enterprise. - Barry O'Sullivan

The children already are learning about the Holocaust from their teachers and curricula produced by the West Virginia Holocaust Education Commission and donated to the schools by the Federated Jewish Charities of Huntington. This program will reinforce what they have learned about a tragic period in history. - Niza Uslan