<ARTICLE> 5 <CIK> 0000794367 <NAME> FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 3-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> FEB-03-1996 <PERIOD-END> OCT-28-1995 <CASH> 158,027 <SECURITIES> 0 <RECEIVABLES> 2,780,861 <ALLOWANCES> 0 <INVENTORY> 3,905,535 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 7,142,210<F1> <PP&E> 6,220,895 <DEPRECIATION> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 15,354,202<F2> <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 3,882,341 <BONDS> 5,943,473 <COMMON> 0 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <OTHER-SE> 0 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 15,354,202<F3> <SALES> 3,748,369 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 0 <CGS> 0 <TOTAL-COSTS> 2,328,577 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 1,314,814 <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 142,217 <INCOME-PRETAX> (25,311)<F4> <INCOME-TAX> 21,084 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 0 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> (46,395) <EPS-PRIMARY> (.23) <EPS-DILUTED> (.23) <FN> <F1>Includes the following: Supplies and prepaid expenses 120,191 Deferred income tax assets 177,596 <F2>Includes the following: Intangible assets - net 1,160,661 Notes receivable 407,209 Other assets 423,227 <F3>Includes the following: Deferred income taxes 911,525 Other liabilities 593,023 Shareholders' equity 4,023,840 <F4>Includes the following: Interest income 11,928 </FN>