MACY'S DEPARTMENT STORES OPEN IN ST. LOUIS

Terry Lundgren, Chairman, President and CEO of Federated Department Stores, Inc. pushes down on a plunger, releasing confetti and begining a new era of department stores in the St. Louis area, in St. Louis on September 8, 2006. Federated Department Stores purchased May Department Stores last year which will result in 93 stores converting to the Macy's nameplate in the midwest alone. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)