Terry Lundgren , the former chairman and chief executive officer of Macy’s Inc., was back in the limelight on Wednesday when he received the Retail Excellence Award from the Baker Retailing Center of the Wharton School of Business.

A crowd of more than 100 retail and brand executives, many of them industry veterans, came to help honor Lundgren, including Mindy Grossman, Geoffroy van Raemdonck, Tony Spring, Jill Granoff, Liz Rodbell, Panos Linardos, Gilbert Harrison, Fern Mallis, Joe Gromek, Adrienne Lazarus, Stacey Bendet and Federica Marchionni.

“I learned immensely from Terry and have a deep respect for him,” said Matt Shay, chief executive officer of the National Retail Federation, where Lundgren served as chairman twice, and as a board member. He was instrumental in recruiting Shay

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