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Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It has been a sister brand to the Bloomingdale's department store chain since being acquired by holding company Federated Department Stores in 1994, which renamed itself Macy's, Inc. in 2007. It is the largest department store ...
Take a look back at some of the defining moments in Macy's history. Shillito's is founded in Cincinnati by John Shillito. Eben Jordan and Benjamin L. Marsh open Jordan Marsh in Boston. F&R Lazarus & Company is founded in Columbus, OH by Simon Lazarus.
Macy's, the small dry goods store that R.H. Macy founded in 1851 in New York City, became one of the world's largest retailers. History is full of tales of daring entrepreneurs who launched small-scale businesses that grew and evolved over time through their owner’s industriousness and creativity.
Early history. Federated Department Stores traces its corporate lineage to F&R Lazarus & Company, founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1851.
Macy’s, major American department store chain. Its principal outlet, the 11-story department store that occupies a city block at New York City’s Herald Square (34th Street and Broadway), was for many years physically the largest single store in the country.
Macy’s ($NYSE:M) was founded by entrepreneur Rowland Hussey Macy. He opened the first R.H. Macy & Co. on the corner of 14th Street and 6th Avenue in New York City, then a low-rent district just north of the city’s other dry good stores.
We are a modern department store, and through our celebrated nameplates Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury, we help our customers express their unique style and celebrate special moments both big and small, wherever and however they shop.