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miketoronto
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badga416, the Closing of Filenes is not a small thing. Yes the excuse is there is a MACY's across the street.
However Filenes was the achor of Downtown Crossing(Boston's main shopping area). And instead of keeping the larger store with more history and events that draw people downtown, federated has decided to close the store and keep open a much smaller city that is hardly a regional draw that Filenes was.
These companies do not know how to deep downtown retail strong.
And Zucker turning the Queen Street store into some kind of Sasks Fifth Ave that only the rich of Toronto can shop at, does not help at all. We have Holt Renfrew for that.
Amazing how department stores in other countries don't have the problems we have.
David Jones in Sydney is much larger then the HBC store on Queen Street. And here we have a new takeover wanting to downsize it. Makes no sense.
David Jones, Downtown Sydney. This store actually has two buildings. One building features a food hall.
However Filenes was the achor of Downtown Crossing(Boston's main shopping area). And instead of keeping the larger store with more history and events that draw people downtown, federated has decided to close the store and keep open a much smaller city that is hardly a regional draw that Filenes was.
These companies do not know how to deep downtown retail strong.
And Zucker turning the Queen Street store into some kind of Sasks Fifth Ave that only the rich of Toronto can shop at, does not help at all. We have Holt Renfrew for that.
Amazing how department stores in other countries don't have the problems we have.
David Jones in Sydney is much larger then the HBC store on Queen Street. And here we have a new takeover wanting to downsize it. Makes no sense.
David Jones, Downtown Sydney. This store actually has two buildings. One building features a food hall.
![elizabeth.jpg](http://www.davidjones.com.au/images/stores/elizabeth.jpg)
![market_st.jpg](http://www.davidjones.com.au/images/stores/market_st.jpg)