Cincinnati, OH, July 27--Federated Department Stores has named Michael J. Osborn president and chief operating officer of its Macy's Home Store division, effective Aug. 8.
Osborn, currently president and chief operating officer of the San Francisco-based Macy's West division, will join Timothy M. Adams, who recently was named chairman and chief executive officer of Macy's Home Store, as the division's principal team.
Macy's Home Store, established in 2004, is responsible for the centralized buying, merchandising and marketing of home furnishings for the company's 423 Macy's stores nationwide.
"Mike Osborn is one of Federated's most experienced and talented operations executives," said Federated Vice Chair Janet Grove, to whom Macy's Home Store reports. "He has demonstrated particular success in managing big-ticket businesses such as furniture, and in improving the in-store shopping experience. Mike and Tim Adams represent a dynamic team to drive improvement in the division and build Macy's into a powerful destination for distinctive, lifestyle-based home fashions."
Osborn, 57, is a southern California native and graduate of California State University with a degree in economics. He began his retailing career in the data processing area at Bullock's, then a division of Federated, in 1974. He became vice president of operations for Bullock's in 1984, and in 1989 moved to Burdines as senior vice president of operations. In 1993, Osborn was named executive vice president of administration at Stern's, then a separate division of Federated based in Paramus, NJ. He was named president and chief operating officer of Burdines in 1994, and president of Macy's West in June 2002.
