and, oh, by the way, all the jeans you're seeing are from bloomingdale's.t tells you according to your body type what fit and size. >> yes, what brand you should be wearing and what size you are. >> what did it tell you? >> it told me what size i am, i'm a size 26, told me the length so it tells me if you should wear a skinny leg -- >> did you find it was accurate? >> i found that it was accurate for me. it worked for me. how about you, alex? >> yeah, both these jeans we're wearing now are -- >> it was no more taking six pairs into the dressing room. >> it gave us three pair and we tried them on, and they all fit. >> fantastic. >> i'm wearing spring colors. this is like the new trend, black and white pattern. or you know -- >> funky. >> these are particularly slimming. >> you have the patterns. ladies, you look gorgeous. >> thank you. >> over to josh. >>> that's like magic right there for me. i don't know. i think they can now board the plane right after they do that. they can go right to the gate. >> always look gorgeous, but i knew something was up this m

. >> bloomingdale's already doing it with some success. so do you think the new ceo ought to walk away from what johnson was trying with the store within a store? they're not inexpensive to do. >> right. well, i think what johnson with was trying to do was he was trying to overly innovate 10% of the store and ignored the 90% that was left behind. that was really jc penney's core base. if i was walking into this situation as a ceo, obviously, you have to integrate part of johnson's plan. they bled more than $2 billion over the last three years, so obviously, there's been a lot of money put into this and obviously, consumers are reacting to specific parts of the plan. you have to revisit who your traditional customer base was and try and bring them back in. >> is there a place for penny in a world with walmart and target and kohl's and nordstrom and a whole host of others and he the right man for the job at this mome moment? ? ? >> absolutely. one key thing that's being lost in all this concern in johnson's leaving, it is still a multibillio

i can see apple on tv, but this is like bloomingdale's coming out where an iphone, facebook is a socialia network. what do they know about making hardware, people who say i'm going to buy a facebook phone, i say good luck. charles: a lot more persuasive than anything you have said. >> let stock market persuade you, at its heart, facebook and an advertising story. a quarter past where a lot of media and advertise sensitive stocks have done well. i think from an investor perspective, i would bet on tomorrow's potenal new leader could like facebook rather than apple. charles: what do they do to, have someone else make it and put a facebook logo on it. >> they will mic maximize their efficiency, this is a company, that a dozen years ago did not exist. i think that stock is showing strength. charles: stock had an ugly debut. i have to tell you, if this fails reputation will sink further, what do you think? if it fails ? >> and from what i can tell, all tea leaves, and data points, i think that people, are not having a cell phone fatigue, they are having facebook fatigue. growth rates are not

way, why would anyone now go to jc pen over a walmart, a target or if you top anymore upscale, bloomingdale's's, i think that j.c. penney is on the way out? all right, issue 3, everything old is new, microsoft bumped apple off its cool horse. and a new it company, ta da! microsoft, gary? >> i think that question here is, can the big be turned, sometimes it characte. can, normally when you bridge in in -- bring in a new ceo, but you know, a kodak floundered for years with new and evolving ceos, companies like wang, came and went, i think that microsoft honestly, you know maybe they can take advantage of the cloud thing, although how are they going to make money? i think they are yesterday's news, they will be like ge has when jack welsh left with nothing new and innovative. neil: it is weird how we play these guys like pieces on a chess board. >> you think about the hedge fund, very buffett-like. what it causes is general public and stark tote say, perhap -- stock market to say perhaps we need to give microsoft another chance, perhaps this company does have promise down the road, as a consumer

well, i still like the bloomingdale's executive training program for him.g to discuss that now. well, you know i think it's something he should consider. of course he should consider it, but now is not the time. all these issues are interrelated. all right! excuse me! i'm not buying any of this. all right, so what are you saying that we're wrong? oh, everybody's wrong but you. this is like that twilight zone where the guy wakes up and he's the same, and everybody else is different. which one? they were all like that. [whistling] why'd you take away my scholarship mr. costanza? well, steven, i, uh... these are my new friends the van buren boys. he became so disillusioned he had to join us. oh, nice. i want my scholarship back so i can be a city planner. what about architect steven? city planner. great party, k-man. well, you got that straight. elaine, try the beef 'cause that's real au jus sauce, huh? real au jus sauce! i'll make a note of it. hey, kramer, ramirez has never heard your pants story. ok. well i had bob saccamano on the phone and i suddenly real

you have bloomingdales who did well, too. you have the my macy's, the localization, they've basically taken it step by step and it's worked. >> terry. >> dana, thank you. >> thank you. >> we'll have more on the high profile departure coming up at 6:30 eastern time. >>> and another stock to watch today, alcoa, the largest aluminum producing company and the country reported better than expected first quarter earnings because of strength in this raw materials segment. but the sales were below expectations and the company also didn't give a real strong outlook. it was uncertain, dragged down the company shares after hours. you know, you go back years and there hasn't been a whole lot going on in the shares of alcoa. for a while, it's been single digits. ceo clause clinefield was on closing bell yesterday. we've been focusing on building out our value at businesses. you can see that now in this quarter 72% of all profits come from all value added businesses. number two, you see a remarkable performance from our upstream businesses

these are from bloomingdale's. they have classics for guys.hings. i would say, that's too busy. but it kind of works. >> no. it creates interest. men have to work with subtle things like patterns. you have a tougher time of having to be more sophisticating. mixing patterns. have fun with picking the same color family and use a -- when you're saying casual chic, how can you make it look cool and polished? use a button down instead of a blazer. add it on top of the t-shirt so it doesn't look too casual. this will give it a polished look. you're good to go. details -- these are all from express. they're putting shirts for guys with little details on the cuff. one fun thing, we were talking about a jacket on the weekend. go to joe fresh, they have this great packable rain jacket that's sharp. you can get out of your bulky coat. >> you have expanded my horizons. bobbie, it was fun. i'll go shopping with you any time, especially when you're paying. >>> a prank that scares workers and a fast food drive-thru. first this is "today" on nbc. looks like y

it has worked at bloomingdales and macy's shares down 60%.all the mini stores within a store led to the whole battle with martha stewart and macy's. that's why she says it's okay to do that. her contract had that mini store thing. >> store within a store. >> is that a stand-alone store or not? >> toughy. comments, questions about anything you see on kwaubg, whether you think a store in a store counts. coming up next, nasdaq bob greifeld. "squawk" is back with bob after this break. >>> welcome back to "squawk box", everybody. u.s. auto majorers expect to report their best sales month in six years. march sales figures will be rolling out throughout the morning. edmunds.com forecasts that g.m. will have an 8.8% srufpl. and putting pilots through refresher training in june many they are planning to use the 787 initially for cargo jets to reassure the public that it is safe. >>> and new figures show unemployment in the eurozone reached a record high in february. more than 19 million people unemployed in the 17-block nation. and the unemployment ra

. >> this is in bloomingdale's for new york fashion week. in to 26 stores. other hand.s to calibrate your body. hold out your seconds for a few seconds. >> are we keeping you up, hoda? >> matt, you got to get up there. >> finish it up. >> we made a drink for you in one of your outfits. >> come on, matt. >> we go break here. >> what about willie? >> willie come on out here. this is an l.e.d. tie. it's only 30 bucks. pretty amazing technology. your dad doesn't have the light up >>> good morning to you. it is 8:26 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. contra costa county will take the final step to regulate ecigarettes today. the board will vote to approve new regulations banning e smokers from most public places. experts say e cigarette vapors are a health risk. the board has given initial approval to the regulations. >>> people along the peninsula coast want to give their fire district board the boot. the special recall election will be held for the fire protection district. people are upset because three board members voted to end the contract with cal fire in favor of cr