37 Quotes by Jim Sluzewski

We are working with the employees and will offer jobs within the store or in our other stores in northeast Ohio to as many people as possible.

When people say to me, 'Why aren't people shopping in department stores anymore?' I tell them our sales this year will be $27 billion, which is a lot of shopping in department stores.

The practical answer there is no. Bloomingdale's serves a customer that lends itself to a different kind of market. I don't think that's a realistic possibility.

We're swapping 12 stores for 12 stores. We'd identified 13 of the 15 for divestiture. This was the best deal for the properties.

We're studying the brand, and when we make some decisions, we'll be letting the world know.

At this point, it's an ongoing store. Business as usual.

Customers behave a little differently online than in the stores. Shopping in stores is a full sensory experience. So if you're testing something for stores, you'd want to test it in the in-store environment.

Federated will be converting the stores in fall 2006.

Any successful mall needs good anchors and good stores between the anchors. We feel very good about the future of that mall.