Department Stores Involved With Federated and May
Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1990 and 2005 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company and that resulted in many stores becoming units of Macy's, Inc.. The following is a list of the affected stores, including some local and regional stores that earlier had been absorbed into chains that became part of Federated, May, or Macy's.
- Abraham & Straus (Macy's in 1995)
- D. M. Read
- Bamberger's (Macy's in 1986)
- The Bon Marché (Macy's in 2005)
- C.C. Anderson's Golden Rule (The Bon Marché in 1923)
- The Paris (The Bon Marché in the early 1980s)
- Barnes-Woodin Co. (Yakima WA, The Bon Marché in 1952)
- Columbia River Mercantile (Longview WA, The Bon Marché in 1953)
- Draper's (The Bon Marché after World War II)
- A. M. Jensen's (Walla Walla WA, The Bon Marché in 1951)
- Missoula Mercantile Co. (Missoula MT, The Bon Marché in 1981)
- Montague-McHugh (Bellingham WA, The Bon Marché in 1950s)
- Runbaugh-Mclain (Everett WA, The Bon Marché in 1952)
- Stone-Fisher Co. (Tacoma WA, The Bon Marché in 1952)
- Russell's (The Bon Marché after World War II)
- C.C. Anderson's Golden Rule (The Bon Marché in 1923)
- Bullock's (Macy's in 1996)
- Bullocks Wilshire
- Burdines (Macy's in 2005)
- Maas Brothers
- Carter Hawley Hale Stores (merged into Macy's West 1996.)
- The Broadway (Southern California). Headquartered in Los Angeles.
- Emporium-Capwell (Northern California)
- Capwell's (East Bay)
- The Emporium (San Francisco and South Bay, North Bay)
- Hale Bros. (San Francisco and Sacramento)
- Weinstock's (Sacramento and Reno)
- Davison's (Macy's in 1986)
- Famous-Barr (Macy's in 2006)
- William Barr Dry Goods Co.
- The Famous Clothing Store
- Filene's (Macy's in 2006)
- Filene's Basement (separated from Filene's in 1988, closed in 2011)
- G. Fox & Co.
- Foley's (Macy's in 2006)
- May-Daniels & Fisher
- Daniels & Fisher
- May Company Denver
- The Denver Dry Goods Company
- Z.L. White
- Sanger-Harris
- A. Harris
- Sanger Brothers
- May-Daniels & Fisher
- Gold Circle (Discount Store Chain) Founded in 1967 by Federated merged into Richway in 1988 and later dismantled during 1990 bankruptcy
- Goldwater's
- Goldsmith's Merged into Rich's in mid-1980s. (Macy's in 2005)
- Hecht's (Macy's in 2006)
- Castner Knott (Hecht's in 1998)
- Strawbridge's (Macy's in 2006)
- Thalhimers
- Woodward & Lothrop
- I. Magnin owned by Federated 1965-1988 and R.H. Macy Co. 1988-1994; most stores closed 1988-1993, remainder of stores converted to Macy's West and Bullock's or sold to Saks Fifth Avenue. Union Square, San Francisco location eventually incorporated into adjacent Macy's.
- John Wanamaker or Wanamaker's (Philadelphia and New York City Flagship stores), sold to Carter Hawley Hale in 1979, then Washington DC-based Woodward & Lothrop owned by Alfred Taubman; sold to May Company in 1995; merged with Federated Department Stores in 2005 (now known as Macy's, Inc.)
- The Jones Store (Macy's in 2006)
- Jordan Marsh (Macy's in 1996)
- Kaufmann's (Macy's in 2006)
- May Company Ohio
- O'Neil's (department store)
- Stark Dry Good's - Canton (Department Store)
- O'Neil's (department store)
- Sibley's
- William Hengerer Co.
- Strouss-Hirschburg
- May Company Ohio
- L. S. Ayres (Macy's in 2006)
- Stewart's
- H. & S. Pogue Company
- Wolf and Dessauer
- Lazarus (Macy's in 2005)
- Shillito's
- Rike Kumler Co. (Rike's)
- Liberty House (Macy's in 2001)
- Marshall Field's (Macy's in 2006)
- Dayton's (Marshall Field's in 2001)
- Frederick & Nelson (Defunct in 1992)
- The Crescent (department store) (Defunct in 1992)
- Lipman's
- Halle Brothers Co.
- Hudson's (Marshall Field's in 2001)
- J.B. Ivey & Co.
- Meier & Frank (Macy's in 2006)
- Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution (Meier & Frank in 2001)
- O'Connor Moffat & Co. Purchased by R.H. Macy in 1945, renamed Macy's in 1947. Their Union Square, San Francisco location is Macy's flagship west coast store and headquarters of Macy's West.
- Rich's (Macy's in 2005)
- Robinsons-May (Macy's in 2006)
- May Company California (Robinsons-May in 1993)
- Hamburger's
- J. W. Robinson's (Robinsons-May in 1993)
- May Company California (Robinsons-May in 1993)
- Stern's (Macy's in 2001)
- Gertz
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