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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.
An early Macy's building, dating from 1894, at 56 West 14th Street, designated a NYC landmark in 2012. Macy's was founded by Rowland Hussey Macy, who between 1843 and 1855 opened four retail dry goods stores, including the original Macy's store in downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts, established in 1851 to serve the mill industry employees of the area.
In August 2006 the store was converted to Macy's, operated by the Macy's East Division of Federated Department Stores Inc., now Macy's, Inc., which acquired May in late 2005. The New York Wanamaker's store on Broadway had retail space occupied by Kmart by 1996, and later Wegmans (2023).
Macy's, Inc. (previously Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American holding company of department stores.Upon its establishment in 1929, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, Filene's, and Shillito's.
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R. H. Macy & Co. announced plans in 1964 to develop a circular Macy's department store on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens, New York. [1] [2] The store, described in The New York Times as the "first of its kind" in the U.S., [1] was to be a three-story building surrounded by five parking decks. [3]
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In 1860, Getchell moved to New York City and approached Rowland Hussey Macy, founder of R. H. Macy & Co., for employment. [1] [2] According to one source, Getchell and Macy were third cousins twice removed, sharing a common ancestor, Richard Macy. [3] Despite lacking retail experience, her aptitude with numbers earned her a role as a cash clerk.