It's official -- they're retiring the Meier & Frank name and replacing it with Macy's.

"Hecht's" and "Filene's" are leaving us, too.

Plus, it looks like the Macy's down at the Valley River Mall in Eugene's going to close. Ah, such is life in big corporate America. Eventually there will be just three department store chains, to go with the three banks, three grocery chains, three insurance companies, three radio station chains, three accounting firms, etc.