…that doesn’t mean a thing! Belk has announced that they’ll be moving an office to Birmingham. I’m not exactly sure how the press release reads, but basically what they are doing is moving their “Western” division office (which oversees their “western” stores) from Greenville, SC to Birmingham. Their corporate office with all of the buying functions will still be located in Charlotte & us Parisian folk will still be out of a job by the end of March. I think this is a sincere attempt to try to make nice with the city, but if they turn all of the Parisian stores into what Belk at the Galleria looks like, bringing 20 jobs to the city isn’t going to save them in this market. They have the potential to do good things… and I’m not just saying that because they’re now signing my paychecks… or am I??!!