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.. VSB*$ \ «vi' nft* A' -■ • °,w03iy--%j7v*£v. ?„ HM^nwtmtMoFn^n« TffHiUn. fiichinn difwtw for The Addis Co.. Is leaningtoward Joining the new .Addis d Oeys.Adding The Addis Co. touchplanBy Melinda JohnsonStaff WriterTelephones have been ringing off;the wall at The Addis Co. ever since its union with Dey Brothers was announced last week.Inquiring minds want to know how the retail marriage will affect them. WillTSugene Taddeo, The Addis Co.’s fashion director arid designer buyer for the exclusive and pricey Crystal Room, still guide women through the fashion maze? Will Feme Murphy,foridai salon buyer, escort brides-to-be through the ;arduous review of gowns? . ^ .While Murphy has accepted Dey’s job offer; Taddeo's plans are tentative. , v /“Supposedly, I’m going with them, buUwe ;haven’t talked finances,” says Taddeo, 'Who has, spent the last 13 years at The Addis Co.1' “One side of me says, ‘Yell, scream and ite happy. And the other side says: Just. take ,a;. step at a time.’ ”drawing board plans for the new Crystal Room at Dey Brothers, is excited. He describes it as discovering that your long-lost family is the Vanderbilts.-Plans for the future are so tremendous. It's mind-boggling. It’s like we’re building a set for MGM.”' Dey’s expects to take over the operation of The Addis Co. stores Saturday. Three of the four Addis stores — downtown, Shopping-town Mall and FakmouhtfFair Mali — will be closed in .the next 30 tp 40 days after the . remaining Addis merchandise is sold. The ' Penir Can Mall store will- beconverted to an Addis Dey’s location n^xtweek.The first new Crystal Room will be in Dey’s Shoppingtown store in DeWitt and willadjoin the pasting Anne Klein boutique. Thedowntown Crystal Room will be in the area of thesjBeOnd'floor shoe salon.'■ Taddeo will continue to;buy designer dresses'and knitwear, and evening clothes, ttey’s wil 1 inherit1 sticlr designer names asnow carried by The Addis Co.MURPHY ALSO has seen what the future holds at Dey Brothers, which has been without a bridal salon for about a decade.We're going to be bigger and better,” says the buyer, who has been with Addis for 19 years.Although it's uncertain when the salon will move to Dey’s, Murphy says it will remain downtown.Murphy and Taddeo agree that customer transition is “ticklish ”Lately, Murphy has spent hours on the telephone reassuring brides-to-be that their dresses will be there on time and that the future will be business as usual.While Taddeo reassures customers, he worries, too.“It’s not the easiest thing to transplant what I do,” he says, explaining the ingredients that make the Crystal Room successful. It means a lot of things—the setting, (proper) fittings, and good salespeople.TADDEO, WHO who iias ueen privy to tne i)ieo .cassiiii, AiOfcit.Aipo-i lt;iuu. ^„ it s a ticicii*ft kiiiu oi ou^jiicoa, ne $lt;* s.
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Syracuse Herald Journal
Syracuse, New York, US
Wed, May 03, 1989
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