Nope

If celebrities are promoting it, how can I say no? They know everything so what they say must be true

No, because I'm intelligent enought to know that these celebrities don't really shop at Macy's if they do their own shopping at all.

God, I hate our commercial culture. I don't understand how people put up with these stupid, condescending advertisments & TV shows.

I don't care if they brought back John Lennon from the grave to sell the new line of give peace a chance bullet proof vests. I'm not shopping there until Macy's is removed from each building that was not built with the Macy's name on it when it was designed. That's Marshall Field's, Filines, Rich's Burdines, I.Magnin, Broadways, Bullucks, Foleys, Hechts, Strawbridges, Jordan Marsh, The Bon, Wananmakers, and everything else they did not rightfully build on their own, rather than corporately rape away from America!

Yes, it absolutely will. Thanks to celebs like Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan, my food bill has shrunk and my coke bill has skyrocketed.

Kidding aside, I could care less what are paid to whore out. I shop at Macy's because I like the cloths they sell and haven't had any negative shopping experiences there.

Mayhap they should stop selling overpriced crap?

Their stuff is already too expensive. Now they're going to pay all of these people tons of money to be in a commercial!?!?!

I'm sure Jessica could, but it would involve a personal visit.

Absolutely not!

Martha Stewart is a convicted felon who has a houseware line at K-Mart. Real class person. Trump and Simpson are not much better.

Macy's has destroyed the Bon Marche and Marshall Field's (and everything else they bought)--no amount of celebrity can fix that. How about quality products, at good prices, and an emphasis on customer service. Fat chance Macy's will ever get a clue.

Once again, life imitates the Simpsons.

These are some of the worst celebrities to shill product that I've ever seen. Jessica Simpson and Donald Trump? Is it 2004?

"...and Donald Trump... We're not sure what Donald Trump will be doing"

twould be nice if he were walking around firing people, but more likely it will have to do with his line of suits and dress shirts. Then again, maybe he'll buy the place out, shut it down and build another luxury golf course.

I am intelligent enough not to listen to celebrities, and the only thing that will get me to shop at Macy's again is if they LOWERED THEIR PRICES!!!!!!!!

Donald Trump could be firing the people who came up with this lame campaign.

macy's and federated can die a slow horrible death. Bring back marshall fields and marshall fields service.

Martha Stewart just reeks of K-Mart. You know, the quality of Wal*Mart but dirtier and higher prices?

Hmm let's see...

Jessica Simpson - Great looking gal with not so great intellect. Sure they claim that she was just pretending on that reality show but I don't believe that.

Donald Trump - The guy does not know how to speak in a normal voice and claims that slapping his name on anything dramatically increases the value; nevermind the fact that he's - oh excuse me, corporations that he oversaw - declared bankruptcy several times. Don't get me started on that horrid cologne.

Martha Stewart - Already sold her soul to K-Mart. Both of them tanked after she was used as a scapegoat... do you really want to associate yourself with a convicted felon who's commonly known to be a bitch to anyone who works for her?

Celebrities won't convince me to shopt at Macy's, but making their store less of a labrynth might. The store in midtown Manhattan is like a freaking maze, with half-floors and escalators that are tucked away in hidden hallways. When's the last time you found it easy to find floor "five and a half"?

Just like Meg said: "It's like they sat around making a list of unlikable people, then threw in some fashion at the end." I couldn't care less about some of the celebrities.

I'll buy at Macys when I have to (or feel like doing so), but I doubt the new ad campaign will have much effect anyway.

I can't think of a more irrelevant cast of characters.

Sorry, still won't be shopping as Macy's. I've joined the Nordstrom Cult and they are bending over backwards for my business.

I was going to say no, but then I saw that Tim Gunn would be doing ads. If that means more Project Runway clothing, I'm all for that. I have a t-shirt (bought off the sale rack, natch) with a PR concept design on it, and it's one of the coolest shirts I own.

@anatak: I had to go to Macy's a couple of weeks ago to pick something up. Saw the deeply-discounted "Trump -- The Dress Shirt." Nothing says class to me then a disheveled pile of $19.99 dress shirts sitting on top of a table with the Trump name.

I mean, seriously, has any Trump consumer product been successful?

No. And that is my long answer.

I always liked George and Weezie Jefferson, but their commercial for Old Navy didn't make me want to shop there.

Wow, I couldn't come up with a better list of anti-celebrities if I spend days on it. Missing Aimee/Ashley (?) "Lipsync" Simpson is the only anti-contribution I can think of. They're all so, "Eww".

They're not even attractive physically - they're what people think of as beauty, only if you're the type of 70 year old man that thinks dropping $400/day to dangle a Miss Alabama on your arm - and that's it, tho maybe a peck on the cheek if you buy her a bauble - makes you a virile alpha male. Meanwhile the pool boy is banging your wife and your adult son is diddling the boys at the Christian youth camp. Just, "Eww". Eww. Eww.

And the comb-over guy. And the homophobic rap producer whose last creative impulse was two decades ago?

Tim Gunn seems a nice guy - he should have seen which company he'll keep for this and fled.

Nice to see Macy's is followng The Gap's strategy. It's worked out SO well for Gap, I'm sure Macy's will be ROLLING it in.

    Knowing Donald Trump, his job will be to tear down the beautiful Chicago-loop Marshall Fields, and build some generic-drivet-cheeseball replacement.

    I liked the Martha Stewart K-Mart stuff. decent-looking, functional, cheap decorating supplies. What wasn't to like? At Macy's, she'll lose the cheap market.

    I figure they'll use Jessica Simpson for her smile, and her bellowing. She'll probably be yelling/singing a new jingle for Macy's, which will cause viewers to mute/skip/fast forward through more Macy's commercials than ever.

Macy's - stop requiring your cashiers to trill "Would you describe your shopping experience as OUTSTANDING today???" and I'll consider shopping there more.

If they started stocking clothes from Banana Republic, dresses from Nicole Miller and Max Azria, and shoes from Charles David, then yes, I'd consider it.

Until then, I'll stay at Nordy's.

No, these people would make me less likely to feel the impulse to go buy anything at Macys. Our local Macys was given the same third world backwater midwest that our Marshall Fields and before that Daytons had. We still have minimal selection but now we have rude sales people too!

They're not going to convince me to shop there, simply because I already do :-P

@Front_Towards_Enemy: Nice. You're right I see that all the time. I love that show!

To answer the question, no. I was pretty much indifferent to Macy's before but now that they've got these idiots trying to herd people in like sheep, I'll make sure I never go near it. What has our culture come to? Why are we expected to worship these people?!? They are no different than you or me other than they got lucky in one way or another. The more you try to stuff it down my throat, the more I will ignore it.

Let me guess: To compensate for those celebrities' paychecks they'll rise prices even higher. Of course it will convince me to shop there more and to buy their already overpriced crap for more.
Great move, Macy's!

The ad won't, but depending on the clothes, maybe.

@MissedTheExit: Try calling customer service.....

NO.

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Yes! Whatever celebrities promote I buy or shop there!! No wonder why I'm in debt?!?!?!?!?! Especially if Trump is promoting it! I wonder if he will come out with a hair piece product???? Or maybe a combover hairpiece.

No way. I hate Macy's. I had to go to the mall and went through Macy's. I found some cute sandals (discounted) So I decided to get them. Where the hell do the hide the cashier's at? I finally got frustrated and put the sandals back because I couldn't find any damn cashiers.

@jrdnjstn78:
You must be fucking blind, seriously.

@velvetjones: Me too. I converted a loooong time. If I'm shellin out that kind of money, might as well do it for a company that I like. And now I won't EVER step foot in there if the likes of Trump and Jessica Simpson are vouching for it. Ugh.

Donald Trump can sell your account information to Citibank so that they can open a charge card for you without your knowledge.

I will never shop at Macy's. However, dining at Macy's is another matter!

A lot of the twenty-something women I know, myself included, worship Tim Gunn. The problem is that the sort of women who know who he is aren't big Macy's shoppers.

Also: Tyler Florence?

@Melov: Just cause you can find a cash register, DOES NOT mean you can find an employee anywhere on the sales floor. I have ended up calling the corporate switch board more times than not, telling the operator, I'm standing at extention # whatever, please have someone call me and walk me threw the self checkout process since Macy's has cut the Marshall Field's staff by 90%, and decided to employ fruit flies to charge extra for meat on salads.

I have nothing to add that hasn't been said before so far, but no. Celebrities are largely out-of-touch idiots who do anything for money, and that includes Trump. Also, Macy's is insanely overpriced and if they're not meeting sales, its because they've bought out every anchor store in every mall in America, and there's not enough business for overpriced, ugly, useless crap to go around. I don't really need TWO Macy's in my local mall, just because Macy's is too lazy to figure out what to do with the store it just acquired.

I am so confused... Macy's as insanely over priced? You aren't shopping at wal-mart, i don't see most of the people on here shopping at stores like J. Crew or Banana Republic if for no other reason than the prices (since they think Macys is high)... Kohls is the absolute devil and if I could get away with it I would slaughter everyone who has worked or shopped there... Nordstroms is more expensive on the last 5 items i went and comparison shopped... I am so confused.

Where in the world do you guys buy your clothes? Do you sew them yourselves?

To say Macy's found the most unlikable people is rather kind as far as I'm concerned. Donald Trump would qualify as "reviled" in Chicago for his eponymous tower under construction that is actually uglier than the heinous Sun-Times building it replaced. Martha Stewart is a criminal and ex-con and though we don't mind our politicians being criminals in Chicago, we draw the line at our celebrities. And Jessica Simpson... what can you say about Jessica Simpson? Stupid bitch, why you eating TUNA! Get yourself a char-brat!

You notice that no celeb from the Midwest is to be featured in this nonsense. They got too much sense.

This "celebrity" marketing debacle will be another chapter in the book about Macy's trip to the bottom--- which will soon be required reading in every B School in America.

The day they put the Marshall Field's script back up over the store entrances again, perhaps maybe I'll consider a product from those people. Until then, not a chance.