Macy's

Macy's is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City. It was founded in 1858 by R.H. Macy. Macy's owns Bloomingdale's.

History
R.H.Macy founded Macy's as a dry goods chain. Macy's since then had its star. Macy's grew to become a departmet store. Isidor Straus later bought the chain, but died on the R.M.S. Titanic. For most of the century, Macy's was growing, creating flagship stores. In the 90s, Macy's merged with Federated Stores. After that, Federated merged wit May in 2005. The result was that Federated renamed all their stores Macy's, except Bloomingdale's and Lord & Taylor (which Federated sold later). In 2007, Federated renamed itself Macy's Inc.

Flagship Stores
The company also operates two other national stores besides the flagship, at San Francisco's Unionm Square, and the former Marshall Field's flagship on State Street. Additionally, four divisional flagship store locations are part of the legacy of various acquisitions by Macy's over the years — Atlanta, representing the former Rich's chain; Miami, where Burdine's formerly operated; St. Louis, former headquarters of May, and its Famous-Barr division; and Seattle, which was the location of the Bon Marche.

Parade
The company is also well-known for sponsoring the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a parade which was started in Newark, New Jersey by L. Bamberger & Co. and has been held on the streets of New York City annually since 1929.

Former Nameplates
Before Federated Stores became Macy's, Inc., there were numerous nameplates, here are some:
 * Abraham & Straus
 * Bamberger's
 * The Bon Marche
 * Bullock's
 * Burdine's
 * The Broadway
 * Davison's
 * Dayton's
 * The Emporium
 * Famous-Barr
 * Filene's
 * Foley's
 * Frederick & Nelson
 * May-Daniels & Fisher
 * Sanger-Harris
 * Goldwater's
 * Goldsmith's
 * Hetch's
 * Hudson's
 * I.Magnin
 * Ivey's
 * The Jones Store
 * Jordan Marsh
 * Kaufmann's
 * L.S. Ayres
 * Lazarus
 * Marshall Field's
 * Rich's
 * Robinsons-May
 * Stern's