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Keep It Fields!

As anyone familiar with Chicago knows, changing the name of "Marshall Fields" to "Macy's" by Federated Department Stores is a sore subject around here.

Now the Chicago Tribune reports:

Wall Street is concerned that the loss this fall of some longstanding retail names such as Field's in the changeover of some 400 stores to Macy's by parent company Federated Department Stores Inc. has hurt sales at some locations.

Apparently they didn't get as much business as they anticipated over the Christmas holiday. And why would they? It was the name that brought people in -- and Federated went and changed that. So now they've fired the store manager but it's hard to see how that'll help. They've really driven the entire chain into the ground.

Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Wed, 01/03/2007 - 6:12pm.

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from Klein & Friends to you and yours!

Xmas Dinner

Bob, Regie & Leo: At the salade stage of the meal.

Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Sun, 12/24/2006 - 12:18am.

Book: 'Getting Real' by 37signals

This came out in March but it's still worth a mention -- particularly in the context of the "Kuckoo for Features" approach discussed here earlier.

It's a book called 'Getting Real', written by Chicago-based web development firm 37signals. It applies a provocative 'take-no-prisoners' approach to software development: Cut out the fat, narrow your focus, keep it as simple as possible.

The entire book is available online. It's pretty brief and worth a read. One of my favorite lines: "More isn't the answer. Sometimes the biggest favor you can do for customers is to leave something out."

Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Sun, 12/17/2006 - 8:15pm.

Slightly Less Than Mature Reaction to Inclement Weather in Chicago

Yippie! It's Snowing!!! (For more shots, check out the Flickr feed...)

About to throw the first snowball of the season

Posted in Submitted by Leo Klein on Fri, 12/01/2006 - 4:37pm.

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