Macy's

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Macy's (formerly R. H. Macy & Co.) is a department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. Macy's became a division of the Cincinnati, OH based Federated Department Stores on December 1994, following a Chapter 11 filing in January 1992.[1]

Acquisitions Pre-Federated: 1924-1988[edit | edit source]

  • Bullocks (Los Angeles, 1988) - Acquired from Federated Department Stores. Renamed Macy's in 1996
  • Bullocks Wilshire - Acquired from Federated Department Stores. Renamed I. Magnin in 1989
  • I. Magnin - Acquired from Federated Department Stores. All stores closed in 1994 as part of the buyout by Federated Department Stores)
  • Lasalle & Koch (Toledo, 1924) - Retained the Lasalle's name until 1981, sold to Elder-Beerman of Dayton, OH in 1986.[2]
  • Davison-Paxon-Stokes (Atlanta, 1929) - Renamed Macy's in 1986
  • L. Bamberger & Co. (Newark, 1929) - Renamed Macy's New Jersey in 1986[3]
  • O'Connor Moffatt & Company (San Francisco, 1945) - Renamed Macy's San Francisco in 1947, later becoming Macy's California.[4][2]
  • John Taylor Dry Goods Co. (Kansas City, 1947) - Renamed Macy's Missouri-Kansas in 1949, sold to Dillard's in 1986
  • Christman's (Joplin, 1954) - Renamed Macy's in 1954, closed 1976.
  • Innes (Wichita,1956) - Acquired from Younker Brothers of Des Moines, IA. Renamed Macy's in 1956, sold to Dillard's in 1986

Conversions post-Federated acquisition[edit | edit source]

  • Famous-Barr
  • Foley's
  • Hecht's
  • The Jones Store
  • Kaufmann's
  • Lazarus
  • L.S. Ayre's
  • Marshall Field's
  • Rich's