It has come to my attention that somehow, Macy's downtown store has the gall to put a display of a school's team that must not be mentioned up in their store front window. And make no mistake, this university is a competitor to the University of Pittsburgh not just in the remaining sports it has the nerve to play Pitt in, but also student recruitment, government funding, and research grant applications. In fact, it has been noted for not playing nice with other institutions in the past, particularly the PASSHE, in stark contrast to the relationship shared by Pitt and its neighbor, Carnegie-Mellon University.
This just reeks of nose-thumbing imaginable at a university that has recently been ranked as the number one public university in the nation in terms of positive impact on its urban community, and that has also recently been celebrated in several national publications, including the New York Times and USA Today, as a key contributor in the revitalization of the Pittsburgh economy.
One can only assume that a lack of local sensitivities and local culture awareness are beginning to surface following the acquisition and re-branding of the local Kaufmann's Department Store chain. Kaufmann's would have never displayed such an affront to the local university in their storefront windows, in fact, it might have done the opposite.
How can Macy's think it is a good business model is to insult the alumni of a university with over 77,000 alumni in Allegheny County (well over 3 times as many as Penn State), 32,500 current students, and 200,000 additional alumni across the United States?
File your own complaint at the link below:
Macy's Complaints
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