Federated to Boost Websites, Distribution

Federated Department Stores Inc. said it was investing $130 million over the next two years to enhance its websites and to build a new distribution center for its Internet sales.

Improvements in content and software systems of the main and wedding sites of Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, as well as the Bloomingdale’s catalog, will be in place beginning in 2007, the Cincinnati-based retailer said. The company said it would build a nearly 600,000 square-foot distribution center to handle orders in Portland, Tenn.