“The IT and Digital Associates will receive appropriate employment separation packages and outplacement support to help ease their transition, and be considered for open positions at HBC where possible.”

Lord & Taylor was previously owned by St. Louis-based May Department Stores Co., which was sold to Federated Department Stores in 2005. Cincinnati-based Federated, later renamed Macy’s, sold Lord & Taylor in 2006, and the Lord & Taylor stores at the St. Louis Galleria and West County Center closed. The nearest Lord & Taylor store to St. Louis is 250 miles away in suburban Chicago.

In 2012, Hudson’s Bay said it planned to expand its IT operations at the 500 North Broadway building by adding more than 130 jobs to an existing area workforce of 40 employees. Hudson’s Bay, which also owns Saks Fifth Avenue, was approved for city and state tax breaks to expand the St. Louis office by two floors, including through the Missouri Quality Jobs Act, which offers incentives for job creation.