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It's official: Filene's brand will be gone

By Jenn Abelson and Thomas C. Palmer Jr.
Globe Staff / July 29, 2005

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Boston will lose one of its most famous brands next year when Federated Department Stores Inc. turns all remaining Filene's into Macy's and closes about a dozen stores in New England, including the flagship in Downtown Crossing where Filene's began in 1890. (Full article: 946 words)

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