Retail Wire
Doubters have questioned the strategic branding value of Macy’s placing
its Backstage off-price shops in its full-price department stores. Even
so, the chain is pushing on with the concept, planning to add 100 more
Backstage shops inside of Macy’s to the 55 it already has in operation.
Backstage,
which initially began as a standalone concept, was intended as Macy’s
off-price response to a wide variety of discounters, including
Marshall’s, Nordstrom Rack, Ross Stores and T.J. Maxx.
While some
see a branding conflict between Backstage and Macy’s full-line stores,
the retailer is adding the shops for a simple reason — they drive
sales.. . . more
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