The May Department Stores Company


The Consolidation Opportunity

By Ted Hurlbut |  Feb 1, 2006

Dozens of established retail names -- some, like 150-year-old Filene's, venerable old brands that were fixtures in their communities -- have been disappe...  Read story

Retail Refugees

Nov 1, 1985

Bringing Corporate Discipline to Main Street  Read story

Videoconferencing for the Rest of Us

By Jennifer deJong |  Dec 15, 1995

A close-up look at some new technology making the face-to-face phone call affordable.  Read story

Face-off

By Tom Ehrenfeld |  Oct 1, 1993

Two men, each with an Inc. 500 clothing company, debate the differences between their companies.  Read story

The Dynamic Duo

By Steve Solomon |  Oct 15, 1997

The complementary talents of Gary Hoover and Patrick Spain have helped them start five businesses together, including a 1997 Inc. 500 company, Hoover's Inc.  Read story

Future Shop

By Curtis Hartman |  Nov 1, 1982

Sandy Zimmerman's retail marriage of quality, discounts, and service has turned an obsure New York town into a mecca for a new breed of consumers.  Read story

The Company That Grew Too Fast

By John Anderson |  Nov 1, 2005

The thing about growth is that you have to finance it. And that, as Brian Le Gette learned the hard way with one-time Inc. 500 company 180s, can be tricky.  Read story

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