T minus 36 hours... and counting

(like it or not, Macy's is going cross country in less than 2 days)

I wasn't really in the mood to post anything on Beyond Retail tonight, but I have to.

We're less than 36 hours away from one of the largest changes to the American retail landscape in years. At 9:30am in every time zone, some of the country's most well-known names in retail will shut down to be replaced with, well Macy's. Here's what the schedule looks like:

9:30am EST: Boston's Filene's, Pittsburgh's Kaufmann's, Philadelphia's Strawbridge's, Washington's Hecht's.

10:30am EST: Chicago's Marshall Field's, St. Louis' Famous-Barr, Houston's Foley's, Indianapolis' L.S. Ayers, Kansas City's The Jones Store.

12:30pm EST: Los Angeles' Robinsons-May, Portland's Meier & Frank.

In four hours, 11 department stores will disappear. As for retaliation, the only planned protests at the moment appear to be slated for outside the Marshall Field's flagship store on State Street in Chicago, where a crowd is expected... it could possibly be several dozen people but it is expected to be in the hundreds.

Keep checking Beyond Retail and FraminghamNatickRetail.com over the next day for more updates on this situation.