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Share It’s a good day to be a Macy’s exec. The company reported a surprisingly profitable first quarter this morning—and noted that consumers spent abundantly on clothing, luggage, and other categories that had flatlined during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Macy’s first quarter saw comparable sales up 62.5% on an owned basis, and up 63.9% on an owned-plus-licensed basis, compared to the first quarter of 2020.  Digital sales represented 37% of net sales, which is a 6 percentage ...

Operator Good morning, and welcome to Macys First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. I would now like to turn the call over to Mike McGuire, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Mike McGuire -- Head of Investor Relations Thank you, Operator. Good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining us on this conference call to discuss our first quarter 2021 results. With me on the call today are Jeff Gennette, our Chairman and CEO; and Adrian Mitchell, our CFO. Jeff ...

Dave Cunliffe in 1964, a year into his editorship of Poetmeat magazine. Photograph: Peter Cunliffe BruceWilkinson Fri 14 May 2021 13.10 EDT Last modified on Fri 14 May 2021 13.11 EDT My friend Dave Cunliffe, who has died aged 80, was one of a group of poets and publishers who helped to spark the 1960s British counterculture and a wave of experimental verse through their small press activity. Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, to Alex, an insurance salesman, and Hanna (nee Woods), a nurse, Dave went...

  If you missed it, catch it here. Eleven writers’ voices for Julian Assange. The range of pieces is tremendous. No rants;  but subtle, impassioned and informed – as writers should be.   I’m one of them. Actually,  my ‘Month of Mondays’ isn’t so subtle, and I subdue the passion; but it is informed as I’ve been committed to this campaign ever since Julian Assange was denied his freedom for revealing the truth about war crimes.  You should know that the sounds of the US gunshi...

IMDB information: Genres: Drama, History, Music Description: July 13, 1808 at the Charenton Insane Asylum just outside Paris. The inmates of the asylum are mounting their latest theatrical production, written and produced by who is probably the most famous inmate of the facility, the Marquis de Sade. The asylums director, M. Coulmier, a supporter of the current French regime led by Napoleon, encourages this artistic expression as therapy for the inmates, while providing the audience - the arist...

Real Estate by Deborah Levy review Susannah Butter Deborah Levy is in a reflective mood in Real Estate, the third and final part of her living biography series. Her sixtieth birthday is approaching, which is making her wonder what she would like the rest of her life to look like. She feels compelled to think about her legacy but hits a stumbling block; the problem that drives this book is that she can’t work out what she wants. Her conundrum is summed up in a passage where sh...

Author Bio Adam Levine-Weinberg is a senior Industrials/Consumer Goods specialist with The Motley Fool. He is an avid stock-market watcher and a value investor at heart. He primarily covers airline, auto, retail, and tech stocks. Follow him on Twitter for the latest news and commentary on the airline industry! Follow @AdamLLW At this time last year, investors had left Macys (NYSE:M) for dead, thinking that the COVID-19 pandemic would finish off the department store ...

Last modified on Sun 18 Apr 2021 12.49 EDT Helen McCrory, who has died of cancer aged 52, was already established among the leading stage actors of her generation when she became known as Cherie Blair in Stephen Frears’s movie The Queen (2006), starring Helen Mirren, and with Michael Sheen as Tony; and as the witch Narcissa Malfoy, mother of Draco, in the last three Harry Potter films. Her brisk and slinky Cherie Blair was one in a line of suited authority figures and lawyers played by McCror...

By Katie Tsai, CNBC • Updated on March 1, 2021 at 6:22 pm Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images Chief Operations Officer John Harper will be leaving Macys on Aug. 1, and the post wont be refilled, the company said. Marc Mastronardi, chief stores officer, and Dennis Mullahy, chief supply officer, will report directly to CEO Jeff Gennette. Macys named Laura Miller as its chief information officer. Miller replaces Naveen Krishna, who held the title of chief technology officer a...

Dive Brief: In a bid for efficiency to enable its Polaris turnaround, Macys on Monday announced senior leadership changes, including the elimination of the chief operations role and the departure of COO John Harper from the company Aug. 1. Chuck DiGiovanna, currently vice president, real estate, will replace Douglas Sesler, who is leaving after five years of leading Macys real estate strategy. DiGiovanna will report to CFO Adrian Mitchell, according to a company press release. Effective March 1...