Kaufmann's Announces Plans for New Store at Eastland Mall in Columbus, Ohio BOSTON, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaufmann's announced today that it will open a new store at Eastland Mall in Columbus, Ohio. This will be Kaufmann's fourth store in the Columbus market and the company's first "lifestyle" store in Ohio. The store is scheduled to open in fall 2005. Construction will begin June 2004. Kaufmann's will build a two-story, 120,000-square-foot, lifestyle-design store. The format will be easy-to-shop and will feature wider aisles, brighter lighting, and upscale shopping carts. The store also will feature express checkouts at key locations as well as checkout desks in individual departments. Architectural highlights will include bold colors and movable perimeter walls that quickly change to enhance merchandise presentations and showcase multiple outfit options. The store's merchandise selections will include updated apparel selections for women, men, teens and children, cosmetics, accessories, and men's furnishings, as well as products for the home such as linens and textiles, small electrics, cookware and tableware. "We are extremely pleased to add our fourth Kaufmann's store in Columbus and to introduce our lifestyle-design store," said Thomas A. Kingsbury, president and chief executive officer of Filene's/Kaufmann's. "Our merchandise selection and high standards for customer service have been warmly received by the Columbus community since our first store opened two years ago. Kaufmann's is committed to the Columbus market and we look forward to serving even more Columbus shoppers with the addition of our new store at Eastland Mall." Eastland Mall is being redeveloped by Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership. Kaufmann's is part of the Filene's/Kaufmann's division of The May Department Stores Company. The division is headquartered in Boston, operates 100 stores in 10 states, and had net sales of $3.1 billion in fiscal 2002. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Robin Reibel Filene's/Kaufmann's (617) 357-2727 DATASOURCE: Kaufmann's CONTACT: Robin Reibel, Filene's/Kaufmann's, +1-617-357-2727

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