Macy’s is Looking Overseas

Macy's Inc. (Cincinnati) has named an executive to take a new corporate-level position: president for international retail development

Daniel Edelman, currently president and chief operating officer of Macy’s West (San Francisco), will be responsible for researching and analyzing opportunities for international expansion of the Macy's and Bloomingdale's stores. He will remain based in San Francisco and report to chairman, president and ceo Terry Lundgren.

“Dan Edelman . . . will help us to explore ways to expand our brands internationally,” Lundgren said in a statement. “Macy's and Bloomingdale's already are known around the world as fashion leaders and we believe that selective expansion internationally will provide additional opportunities for top-line growth in the years ahead.”

Edelman has been president and coo of Macy's West since February 2006. Previously, he had been chairman and ceo of Macy's Northwest in Seattle.

Robert Harrison, who succeeded Edelman as president and coo of Macy's Northwest in Seattle, will succeed him again in San Francisco. Both appointments are effective immediately. Harrison became president of Macy's Northwest in 2006 following Macy's acquisition of The May Department Stores Co. (St. Louis). Previously, he had been chairman of Robinsons-May.