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Macy's, Inc.

Macy's, Inc. (originally Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American conglomerate holding company. Upon its establishment, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, Filene's, and Shillito's. Bloomingdale's joined Federated Department Stores the following year. Throughout its early history, frequent acquisitions and divestitures saw the company operate a number of nameplates. In 1994, Federated took over the department store chain Macy's. With the acquisition of The May Department Stores Company in 2005, the regional nameplates were retired and replaced by the Macy's and Bloomingdale's brands nationwide by 2006. Ultimately, Federated itself was renamed Macy's, Inc. in 2007.

Macy's, Inc.
Macy's, Inc. headquarters, located within the flagship store in New York City
FormerlyFederated Department Stores, Inc. (1929–2007)
TypePublic
IndustryRetail
Founded1929; 94 years ago (1929) in Columbus, Ohio
Headquarters,
US
Number of locations
722 (783 boxes) (Q3 2022)[1][2]
Area served
United States
Key people
Jeff Gennette (chairman and CEO)
Products
  • Clothing
  • footwear
  • accessories
  • bedding
  • furniture
  • jewelry
  • beauty products
  • housewares
Revenue US$24.971 billion (FY2019)[1]
US$1.738 billion (FY 2019)[1]
US$1.098 billion (FY 2019)[1]
Total assets US$19.194 billion (FY2019)[1]
Total equity US$6.436 billion (FY 2019)[1]
Number of employees
~130,000 (Feb. 2019)[1]
Subsidiaries
Websitemacysinc.com

Macy's, Inc., has been headquartered within Macy's Herald Square in New York City since 2020; beforehand, its headquarters was in Cincinnati, Ohio. While Federated had a long history of preserving brand identities in each of their markets since its inception in 1929, it universally applied the Macy's name to most their department store chains in 2006. It operates the subsidiaries Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and the beauty store chain Bluemercury, all of which have a flagship store located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. As of October 29, 2022, the company operated 722 locations (783 boxes, including 540 full-line boxes) in the United States, Guam, and Puerto Rico.[2] Its namesake locations and related operations account for 90% of its revenue. According to Deloitte, Macy's, Inc. is the world's largest fashion goods retailer and the 36th largest retailer overall, based on the company's reported 2010 retail sales revenue of $25 billion (equivalent to $31.1 billion in 2021).[3]

Operations as Federated

Early history

Federated Department Stores traces its corporate lineage to F&R Lazarus & Company, founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1851. In the summer of 1929, months before the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Fred Lazarus Jr. met with Walter N. Rothschild from Abraham & Straus of Brooklyn and Edward Filene from Filene's of Boston on Rothschild's yacht in Long Island Sound. The three businessmen agreed to merge their stores and form Federated Department Stores, as a department store holding company for F&R Lazarus & Company (including its Cincinnati division, then known as Shillito's), Abraham & Straus, and William Filene's Sons of Boston. In 1930, Bloomingdale Brothers of New York joined.[4]

In the mid-1930s, a modern merchandising standard was set when Fred Lazarus Jr. arranged garments in groups of a single size with a range of style, color and price, basing the technique upon observations made in Paris. As well, Lazarus convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt that it would help American economy to change the Thanksgiving holiday from the last Thursday of November to the fourth Thursday, thus extending the Christmas shopping season. An act of Congress perpetuated the arrangement in 1941. Black Friday became a nationwide sensation and the most profitable day for Federated. (Robert Lazarus Jr. worked at Federated until he died in 2013, the last remaining family member with an official role at the company.[5])

In 1945, Federated moved its corporate offices to Cincinnati.[6] The latter half of the 20th century saw the company expand nationwide, adding Rike Kumler of Dayton, Ohio (merged into Shillito's in the 1980s to become Shillito-Rike's); Burdines of Miami, Florida; Rich's of Atlanta, Georgia; Foley's of Houston, Texas; Sanger Brothers and A. Harris, both of Dallas, Texas (which were merged to form Sanger-Harris); Boston Store of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; MainStreet of Chicago, Illinois; Bullock's, of Los Angeles; I. Magnin, of San Francisco, California; Gold Circle; and Richway Discount Department Stores of Worthington, Ohio. Federated entered the supermarket industry in 1968 when it acquired the Ralphs chain based in Southern California.[7] In 1982, Federated acquired the Twin Fair, Inc. discount store chain based in Buffalo, New York, and merged it with Gold Circle.[8] In 1983, Federated sold four shopping center properties to JMB Realty.[9]

Takeover by Robert Campeau

Canadian real estate developer Robert Campeau – who had taken over and dismembered Allied Stores in 1986 – attempted to take over Federated starting in early 1988 which Federated fought off in a high-profile battle, with Macy's (at that time not part of Federated, but a rival), also submitting competitive bids of over $6 billion.[10] Nonetheless, in April 1988, Federated gave in and agreed to a $6.6 billion takeover by Campeau. It was the largest merger in corporate history, barring the oil sector. Macy's paid Campeau $1.1 billion to acquire the 20-store Bullock's/Bullocks Wilshire and the 25-store specialty apparel chain I. Magnin.[11] Two years later, Federated filed for bankruptcy after Campeau failed to refinance the debt of Federated and Allied Stores Corp.[12] In 1992, Campeau was ousted and Federated emerged from bankruptcy as a new public company. As part of the reorganization, Federated sold the Ralphs chain to a group of owners led by Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation.[13]

Acquisition of Macy's

Also in 1992, Macy's declared bankruptcy; Federated acquired it two years later, in 1994. The name of the once-main-rival of Federated, Macy's, would soon become the consumer-facing identity of most of Federated's stores.

In 1995 Federated bought Broadway Stores, Inc. and its California-based Emporium-Capwell, Weinstock's and The Broadway chains.[14] Macy's changed the nameplate of these three chains and Bullock's to Macy's, or in some cases, turned locations into Bloomingdales. In 2003, Federated changed the nameplates of almost all their remaining non-Macy's stores – the lone exception was Bloomingdales – to include the Macy's name, a rebranding internally dubbed Project Hyphen. For example, Seattle-based The Bon Marché became Bon-Macy's; Goldsmith's in Tennessee became Goldsmith's-Macy's; Lazarus, Burdines, and Rich's also added "-Macy's" to their name. A year later, the hyphenated names were changed to simply Macy's, a rebranding process referred internally to as Project Star.

The department store chain Stern's, a division of Federated, ceased operations in 2001 and most of its stores became Macy's stores.

Federated began selling goods online in 1998, rather later than most contemporary large retailers; Federated ran a private bank, FDS Bank, which issued and maintained the majority of its own consumer credit card portfolio,[15] was one of the last credit card banks to begin to allow its cardholders to access account information online (around 2004).

In 1998, Federated settled an SEC investigation for $14.46 million (equivalent to $24 million in 2023) due to unethical debt-collection practices. Federated routinely forced credit card holders/debtors to sign an agreement that legally bound them to repay their outstanding balances instead of having the unsecured debt discharge via the filing of bankruptcy. Federated failed to file reaffirmation agreements with bankruptcy courts. As a result, the changes in the agreements were not legally binding.[16][17][18][19]

In 2001 Federated acquired Liberty House of Hawaii as it emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It was managed as part of Macy's West and all the store names were changed to Macy's.[20][circular reference]

In 2005, Federated agreed to sell its credit card business to Citigroup.[21]

Acquisition of May

 
The former Federated Department Stores logo, in use until 2007

On February 28, 2005, Federated Department Stores announced that it would acquire May Department Stores company for $11 billion (equivalent to $15.3 billion in 2023) in cash and stock. Also part of the buyout was the bridal and formal unit of May, consisting of David's Bridal and After Hours Formalwear. Federated would also assume $6 billion (equivalent to $8.32 billion in 2023) of May's debt, bringing total consideration to $17 billion (equivalent to $23.6 billion in 2023). The deal would create the nation's largest department store chain with over 1,000 stores and $30 billion (equivalent to $41.6 billion in 2023) in annual sales. To help finance the deal, Federated agreed to sell its combined proprietary credit card business (but still administered by FACS Group, a subsidiary of Federated) to Citigroup. The merger was completed on August 30, 2005, after an assurance agreement was reached with the Attorneys General of New York, California, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

As a result of the merger, Federated also in the process reacquired two of their former department store chains Foley's & Filene's (Which Federated originally sold to May Company), putting them back under the Federated Department Stores corporate umbrella for the first time since 1988.

Federated announced plans to sell 80 store locations in 2006, having pledged in its settlement to sell most of them as viable businesses, with preference being given to a group of thirteen competitors. This number could fluctuate pursuant to Federated's negotiations with various mall landlords and its final decision regarding using former Macy locations for its luxury Bloomingdale's operation.

On January 12, 2006, Federated announced its plans to divest May Company's Lord & Taylor division (48 stores in 12 states) by the end of 2006 after utilizing prime and conflicting real estate by closing and converting several locations. On June 22, 2006, Macy's announced that NRDC Equity Partners, LLC would purchase Lord & Taylor for US$1.2 billion (equivalent to $1.61 billion in 2023), and completed the sale in October 2006.

On September 9, 2006, the former May Company store names Famous-Barr, Filene's, Foley's, Hecht's, The Jones Store, Kaufmann's, L. S. Ayres, Marshall Field's, Meier & Frank, Robinsons-May, and Strawbridge's disappeared as Federated switched most of them to the Macy's masthead and a few to the Bloomingdale's name. The conversion of Marshall Field's in Chicago was particularly criticized, with many customers boycotting its historic State Street flagship store. The Chicago Tribune continues to report on the poor reception of Macy's in Chicago. Pittsburgh customers also strongly resisted the name change from Kaufmann's, in part because of the Kaufmann family role in Pittsburgh history, as well as the central store's Christmas windows and holiday parade.

One of the consequences of this rebranding is that several malls have two Macy's stores. In downtown Boston, Federated liquidated an acquired Filene's because it already had a Macy's (formerly a Jordan Marsh) across the street. The two stores have a combined floorspace of more than 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m2), more than two-thirds the size of Macy's New York City flagship store.

On November 17, 2006, the bridal and formal unit was sold. David's Bridal and Priscilla of Boston were sold to Leonard Green & Partners. After Hours Formalwear was sold to Men's Wearhouse.[22]

Operations as Macy's, Inc.

 
Former Macy's, Inc logo, until 2019

On February 27, 2007, Federated announced that its board of directors would ask shareholders to change the company's name to Macy's Group, Inc. By March 28, the company revised its plans for the new name, opting to eventually become Macy's, Inc. Federated shareholders approved the revised proposal during the company's annual meeting on May 18, 2007.[23] The company was previously known as Federated Retail Holdings, Inc.

The name took effect on June 1, 2007. The reasoning for the proposed name change—according to Terry Lundgren, Federated's chairman, president, and chief executive officer—hinges on the large-scale conversions throughout the company toward the Macy's nameplate. "Today, we are a brand-driven company focused on Macy's and Bloomingdale's, not a federation of department stores," Lundgren said in the company's press release heralding the proposed name.[24] Upon the change to Macy's Inc., Federated's stock ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange changed from "FD" to "M", making the new Macy's Inc. one of a handful of single-letter ticker symbol companies.[25]

In April 2008, Moody's Investors Service said that it might downgrade Macy's Inc. bonds to just above junk status.[26] That same month, Fitch Ratings downgraded their bond credit rating to BBB− from BBB, noting a deterioration in the company's operating and credit metrics. A rating of BBB− is one notch above junk status.

The domain macysinc.com attracted at least 3 million visitors annually by 2008, according to a Compete.com survey.[27]

On Wednesday, February 6, 2008, Terry Lundgren announced the localization strategy and the company's plan to shed 2,550 jobs. This new localization strategy is known as "My Macy's."

Employees of the Macy's North headquarters office in Minneapolis, the Macy's Northwest headquarters office in Seattle, and the Macy's Midwest headquarters office in St. Louis were given pink slips, as Macy's pared its seven regional centers to four. About 40 new jobs were to be created in May as part of the restructuring. By 2009, the company expected to save $100 million (equivalent to $126 million in 2023) a year from the cuts.

On February 2, 2009, Macy's announced the elimination of 7,000 jobs, or 4% of its workforce, and slashed its dividend as it looked to lower expenses as part of a major restructuring. Cincinnati-based Macy's Inc. said the workforce reduction includes positions in offices, stores, and other locations. The cuts will include some unfilled jobs. "Reducing our workforce is an unfortunate outcome of the current economic environment, and I am frustrated that so many of our people will be unable to move forward with us as we proceed into a very exciting future for Macy's and Bloomingdale's" said Terry J. Lundgren, chairman, president and chief executive officer. "

Macy's also got rid of its division structure and integrated its functions into one organization. Macy's central buying, merchandise planning, stores senior management and marketing functions merged to its New York City corporate office (formerly Macy's East). Corporate-related business functions, such as finance and human resources, will be primarily in Cincinnati. To buy with local consumers in mind, Macy's developed a concept called "My Macy's", in which the buyers and planners all look at what the local consumer base is looking for in their local Macy's store. This will help bring a better sense of branding, sizing, and marketing to each Macy's store nationwide.

Macy's Inc. decided to close the Bloomingdale's at the Mall of America in Minnesota. Since 1994, Bloomingdale's had been one of the 4 anchor stores of the mall, and will be replaced with a $30 million renovation with four new foreign clothing stores.

On October 14, 2013, Macy's Inc. announced the decision to open most of their stores for the first time on Thanksgiving Day 2013, breaking a long-standing tradition of 155 years, and joined the ranks of retailers who created Gray Thursday the year before. Its doors opened at 8 p.m. (local time) on the holiday evening, and remained open for 24 hours straight until the close of business on Friday, which is usually about 10 p.m.[28]

As of February 2014, Macy's Inc. is valued at US$28 billion.[29]

In September 2015, Macy's announced it would close 40 stores, 5% of its total stores in early 2016. It also announced plans to open 6 additional Macy's Backstage locations. From 2010 to 2015, Macy's had closed 52 stores and opened 12.[30]

In February 2020, Macy's announced that their headquarters in downtown Cincinnati will be closing in the near future with all corporate operations relocating to New York City. This news came after a gradual pulling out of the Cincinnati area with a couple of area store closures and the retirement of a top executive.

In November 2021, Macy's announced the launch of its digital marketplace, which set to debut in the second half of 2022. Macy's will partner with AlixPartners and Mirakl.[31]

Finances

Year Revenue
in mil. USD$
Net income
in mil. USD$
Total Assets
in mil. USD$
Employees Stores
2005 15,776 689 14,885 112,000 459
2006 22,390 1,406 33,168 232,000 868
2007 26,970 995 29,550 188,000 850
2008 26,313 893 27,789 182,000 853
2009 24,892 −4,775 22,145 167,000 847
2010 23,489 329 21,300 161,000 850
2011 25,003 847 20,631 166,000 850
2012 26,405 1,256 22,095 171,000 842
2013 27,686 1,335 20,991 175,700 841
2014 27,931 1,486 21,620 172,500 840
2015 28,105 1,526 21,330 166,900 823
2016 27,079 1,072 20,576 157,900 870
2017 25,778 619 19,851 148,300 829
2018 24,837 1,547 19,381 130,000 852

[32]

Nameplates

Current

Name Year
founded
Year
acquired
# of locations # of boxes[33]
Bloomingdale's 1860 1930 54, including 32 department stores, 1 Bloomies, 1 furniture/other store and 20 outlet stores 56, including 34 department stores, all full line, 1 Bloomies, 1 furniture/other store and 20 outlet stores (There are a total of 35 stores)
Bluemercury 1999 2015 158
Macy's 1858 1994 510, including 445 department stores (which includes 51 that are neighborhood stores), 46 furniture galleries, 1 furniture clearance centers, 9 freestanding Backstage stores, 7 Market by Macy's and 2 stores converted to fulfillment centers. 569, including 509 department stores (which includes 55 that are neighborhood stores), 51 furniture galleries, 1 furniture clearance centers, 9 freestanding Backstage stores, 7 Market by Macy's and 2 stores converted to fulfillment centers (There are a total of 506 full line stores and a total of 551 stores).

Former

Name Founded Defunct Operated by Federated Previous names Notes
A. Harris and Company 1887 1961 1961 Merged with Sanger Brothers to form Sanger-Harris
Abraham & Straus 1865 1995 1929–1995 Folded into Macy's
The Bon Marché 1890 2005 1992–2005 The Bon Macy's (2003–2005) Folded into Bloomingdale's and Macy's
Boston Store 1897 2018 1948-1985 Sold to Maus Frères, owner of Bergner's in 1985, which was renamed Carson Pirie Scott 1993, then to Proffitt's in 1998, which was renamed Saks, Inc., and to The Bon-Ton in 2006.
Returned as an online retailer owned by CSG Generation in September 2018, after The Bon-Ton went out of business in August of that year.
Bullock's 1901 1996 1964–1988, 1995–1996 Folded into Macy's
Burdines 1896 2005 1956–2005 Burdines–Macy's (2003–2005) Folded into Macy's
The Emporium 1896 1996 1995-1996 Folded into Macy's
Famous-Barr 1911 2006 2005–2006 Folded into Macy's
Filene's 1881 2006 1929–1988, 2005–2006 Folded into Macy's
Foley's 1900 2006 1947–1988, 2005–2006 Folded into Macy's
Gold Circle 1967 1988 1967-1988 Liquidated in 1988
Gold Triangle 1970 1981 1970–1981 Closed or converted into Richway stores
Goldsmith's 1870 2005 1959–2005 Goldsmith's–Macy's (2003–2005) Part of Rich's division
Folded into Macy's
Hecht's 1857 2006 2005–2006 Folded into Bloomingdale's and Macy's
I. Magnin 1876 1994 1964–1987, 1994 Folded into Macy's
The Jones Store 1887 2006 2005–2006 Part of Famous-Barr division
Folded into Macy's
Jordan Marsh 1841 1996 1988–1996 Folded into Macy's
Had a separate division in Florida called Jordan Marsh Florida, which was folded into Burdines in 1991.
Kaufmann's 1871 2006 2005–2006 Part of Filene's division
Folded into Macy's
L. S. Ayres 1872 2006 2005–2006 Part of Famous-Barr division
Folded into Macy's
Lazarus 1851 2005 1929–2005 Lazarus–Macy's (2003–2005) Part of Rich's division
Folded into Macy's
Liberty House 1849 2001 2001 Folded into Macy's
Lord & Taylor 1826 2005–2006 Sold to NRDC Equity Partners
Maas Brothers 1886 1991 1988-1991 Folded into Burdines
MainStreet 1983 1988 1983-1988 Sold to Kohl's
Marshall Field's 1852 2006 2005–2006 Folded into Bloomingdale's and Macy's
Meier & Frank 1852 2006 2005–2006 Part of Robinsons-May division
Folded into Macy's
Rich's 1867 2005 1976–2005 Rich's–Macy's (2003–2005) Folded into Bloomingdale's and Macy's
Richway 1968 1988 1976-1988 Folded into Gold Circle (Charlotte, North Carolina stores rebranded to Gold Circle, all others remained Richway))
Rike's 1853 1982 1959-1982 Merged with Shillito's to form Shillito-Rike's
Robinsons–May 1993 2006 2005–2006 Folded into Bloomingdale's and Macy's
Sanger Brothers 1868 1961 1951-1961 Merged with A. Harris and Company to form Sanger Harris
Sanger-Harris 1961 1987 1961-1987 Folded into Foley's
Shillito's 1830 1982 1929-1982 Merged with Rike's to form Shillito-Rike's
Shillito-Rike's 1982 1986 1982-1986 Folded into Lazarus
Strawbridge's 1868 2006 2005–2006 Part of Hecht's division
Folded into Macy's
Stern's 1867 2001 1988–2001 Folded into Bloomingdale's and Macy's

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This article is about the holding company For the department store chain see Macy s Macy s Inc originally Federated Department Stores Inc is an American conglomerate holding company Upon its establishment Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham amp Straus Lazarus Filene s and Shillito s Bloomingdale s joined Federated Department Stores the following year Throughout its early history frequent acquisitions and divestitures saw the company operate a number of nameplates In 1994 Federated took over the department store chain Macy s With the acquisition of The May Department Stores Company in 2005 the regional nameplates were retired and replaced by the Macy s and Bloomingdale s brands nationwide by 2006 Ultimately Federated itself was renamed Macy s Inc in 2007 Macy s Inc Macy s Inc headquarters located within the flagship store in New York CityFormerlyFederated Department Stores Inc 1929 2007 TypePublicTraded asNYSE M S amp P 400 componentIndustryRetailFounded1929 94 years ago 1929 in Columbus OhioHeadquartersNew York City New York USNumber of locations722 783 boxes Q3 2022 1 2 Area servedUnited StatesKey peopleJeff Gennette chairman and CEO ProductsClothing footwear accessories bedding furniture jewelry beauty products housewaresRevenueUS 24 971 billion FY2019 1 Operating incomeUS 1 738 billion FY 2019 1 Net incomeUS 1 098 billion FY 2019 1 Total assetsUS 19 194 billion FY2019 1 Total equityUS 6 436 billion FY 2019 1 Number of employees 130 000 Feb 2019 1 SubsidiariesBloomingdale s Bluemercury Macy sWebsitemacysinc wbr comMacy s Inc has been headquartered within Macy s Herald Square in New York City since 2020 beforehand its headquarters was in Cincinnati Ohio While Federated had a long history of preserving brand identities in each of their markets since its inception in 1929 it universally applied the Macy s name to most their department store chains in 2006 It operates the subsidiaries Macy s Bloomingdale s and the beauty store chain Bluemercury all of which have a flagship store located in the New York City borough of Manhattan As of October 29 2022 the company operated 722 locations 783 boxes including 540 full line boxes in the United States Guam and Puerto Rico 2 Its namesake locations and related operations account for 90 of its revenue According to Deloitte Macy s Inc is the world s largest fashion goods retailer and the 36th largest retailer overall based on the company s reported 2010 retail sales revenue of 25 billion equivalent to 31 1 billion in 2021 3 Contents 1 Operations as Federated 1 1 Early history 1 2 Takeover by Robert Campeau 1 3 Acquisition of Macy s 1 4 Acquisition of May 2 Operations as Macy s Inc 3 Finances 4 Nameplates 4 1 Current 4 2 Former 5 References 6 External linksOperations as Federated EditEarly history Edit Federated Department Stores traces its corporate lineage to F amp R Lazarus amp Company founded in Columbus Ohio in 1851 In the summer of 1929 months before the Wall Street Crash of 1929 Fred Lazarus Jr met with Walter N Rothschild from Abraham amp Straus of Brooklyn and Edward Filene from Filene s of Boston on Rothschild s yacht in Long Island Sound The three businessmen agreed to merge their stores and form Federated Department Stores as a department store holding company for F amp R Lazarus amp Company including its Cincinnati division then known as Shillito s Abraham amp Straus and William Filene s Sons of Boston In 1930 Bloomingdale Brothers of New York joined 4 In the mid 1930s a modern merchandising standard was set when Fred Lazarus Jr arranged garments in groups of a single size with a range of style color and price basing the technique upon observations made in Paris As well Lazarus convinced President Franklin D Roosevelt that it would help American economy to change the Thanksgiving holiday from the last Thursday of November to the fourth Thursday thus extending the Christmas shopping season An act of Congress perpetuated the arrangement in 1941 Black Friday became a nationwide sensation and the most profitable day for Federated Robert Lazarus Jr worked at Federated until he died in 2013 the last remaining family member with an official role at the company 5 In 1945 Federated moved its corporate offices to Cincinnati 6 The latter half of the 20th century saw the company expand nationwide adding Rike Kumler of Dayton Ohio merged into Shillito s in the 1980s to become Shillito Rike s Burdines of Miami Florida Rich s of Atlanta Georgia Foley s of Houston Texas Sanger Brothers and A Harris both of Dallas Texas which were merged to form Sanger Harris Boston Store of Milwaukee Wisconsin MainStreet of Chicago Illinois Bullock s of Los Angeles I Magnin of San Francisco California Gold Circle and Richway Discount Department Stores of Worthington Ohio Federated entered the supermarket industry in 1968 when it acquired the Ralphs chain based in Southern California 7 In 1982 Federated acquired the Twin Fair Inc discount store chain based in Buffalo New York and merged it with Gold Circle 8 In 1983 Federated sold four shopping center properties to JMB Realty 9 Takeover by Robert Campeau Edit Canadian real estate developer Robert Campeau who had taken over and dismembered Allied Stores in 1986 attempted to take over Federated starting in early 1988 which Federated fought off in a high profile battle with Macy s at that time not part of Federated but a rival also submitting competitive bids of over 6 billion 10 Nonetheless in April 1988 Federated gave in and agreed to a 6 6 billion takeover by Campeau It was the largest merger in corporate history barring the oil sector Macy s paid Campeau 1 1 billion to acquire the 20 store Bullock s Bullocks Wilshire and the 25 store specialty apparel chain I Magnin 11 Two years later Federated filed for bankruptcy after Campeau failed to refinance the debt of Federated and Allied Stores Corp 12 In 1992 Campeau was ousted and Federated emerged from bankruptcy as a new public company As part of the reorganization Federated sold the Ralphs chain to a group of owners led by Edward J DeBartolo Corporation 13 Acquisition of Macy s Edit Also in 1992 Macy s declared bankruptcy Federated acquired it two years later in 1994 The name of the once main rival of Federated Macy s would soon become the consumer facing identity of most of Federated s stores In 1995 Federated bought Broadway Stores Inc and its California based Emporium Capwell Weinstock s and The Broadway chains 14 Macy s changed the nameplate of these three chains and Bullock s to Macy s or in some cases turned locations into Bloomingdales In 2003 Federated changed the nameplates of almost all their remaining non Macy s stores the lone exception was Bloomingdales to include the Macy s name a rebranding internally dubbed Project Hyphen For example Seattle based The Bon Marche became Bon Macy s Goldsmith s in Tennessee became Goldsmith s Macy s Lazarus Burdines and Rich s also added Macy s to their name A year later the hyphenated names were changed to simply Macy s a rebranding process referred internally to as Project Star The department store chain Stern s a division of Federated ceased operations in 2001 and most of its stores became Macy s stores Federated began selling goods online in 1998 rather later than most contemporary large retailers Federated ran a private bank FDS Bank which issued and maintained the majority of its own consumer credit card portfolio 15 was one of the last credit card banks to begin to allow its cardholders to access account information online around 2004 In 1998 Federated settled an SEC investigation for 14 46 million equivalent to 24 million in 2023 due to unethical debt collection practices Federated routinely forced credit card holders debtors to sign an agreement that legally bound them to repay their outstanding balances instead of having the unsecured debt discharge via the filing of bankruptcy Federated failed to file reaffirmation agreements with bankruptcy courts As a result the changes in the agreements were not legally binding 16 17 18 19 In 2001 Federated acquired Liberty House of Hawaii as it emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy It was managed as part of Macy s West and all the store names were changed to Macy s 20 circular reference In 2005 Federated agreed to sell its credit card business to Citigroup 21 Acquisition of May Edit The former Federated Department Stores logo in use until 2007 On February 28 2005 Federated Department Stores announced that it would acquire May Department Stores company for 11 billion equivalent to 15 3 billion in 2023 in cash and stock Also part of the buyout was the bridal and formal unit of May consisting of David s Bridal and After Hours Formalwear Federated would also assume 6 billion equivalent to 8 32 billion in 2023 of May s debt bringing total consideration to 17 billion equivalent to 23 6 billion in 2023 The deal would create the nation s largest department store chain with over 1 000 stores and 30 billion equivalent to 41 6 billion in 2023 in annual sales To help finance the deal Federated agreed to sell its combined proprietary credit card business but still administered by FACS Group a subsidiary of Federated to Citigroup The merger was completed on August 30 2005 after an assurance agreement was reached with the Attorneys General of New York California Massachusetts Maryland and Pennsylvania As a result of the merger Federated also in the process reacquired two of their former department store chains Foley s amp Filene s Which Federated originally sold to May Company putting them back under the Federated Department Stores corporate umbrella for the first time since 1988 Federated announced plans to sell 80 store locations in 2006 having pledged in its settlement to sell most of them as viable businesses with preference being given to a group of thirteen competitors This number could fluctuate pursuant to Federated s negotiations with various mall landlords and its final decision regarding using former Macy locations for its luxury Bloomingdale s operation On January 12 2006 Federated announced its plans to divest May Company s Lord amp Taylor division 48 stores in 12 states by the end of 2006 after utilizing prime and conflicting real estate by closing and converting several locations On June 22 2006 Macy s announced that NRDC Equity Partners LLC would purchase Lord amp Taylor for US 1 2 billion equivalent to 1 61 billion in 2023 and completed the sale in October 2006 On September 9 2006 the former May Company store names Famous Barr Filene s Foley s Hecht s The Jones Store Kaufmann s L S Ayres Marshall Field s Meier amp Frank Robinsons May and Strawbridge s disappeared as Federated switched most of them to the Macy s masthead and a few to the Bloomingdale s name The conversion of Marshall Field s in Chicago was particularly criticized with many customers boycotting its historic State Street flagship store The Chicago Tribune continues to report on the poor reception of Macy s in Chicago Pittsburgh customers also strongly resisted the name change from Kaufmann s in part because of the Kaufmann family role in Pittsburgh history as well as the central store s Christmas windows and holiday parade One of the consequences of this rebranding is that several malls have two Macy s stores In downtown Boston Federated liquidated an acquired Filene s because it already had a Macy s formerly a Jordan Marsh across the street The two stores have a combined floorspace of more than 1 400 000 square feet 130 000 m2 more than two thirds the size of Macy s New York City flagship store On November 17 2006 the bridal and formal unit was sold David s Bridal and Priscilla of Boston were sold to Leonard Green amp Partners After Hours Formalwear was sold to Men s Wearhouse 22 Operations as Macy s Inc Edit Former Macy s Inc logo until 2019 On February 27 2007 Federated announced that its board of directors would ask shareholders to change the company s name to Macy s Group Inc By March 28 the company revised its plans for the new name opting to eventually become Macy s Inc Federated shareholders approved the revised proposal during the company s annual meeting on May 18 2007 23 The company was previously known as Federated Retail Holdings Inc The name took effect on June 1 2007 The reasoning for the proposed name change according to Terry Lundgren Federated s chairman president and chief executive officer hinges on the large scale conversions throughout the company toward the Macy s nameplate Today we are a brand driven company focused on Macy s and Bloomingdale s not a federation of department stores Lundgren said in the company s press release heralding the proposed name 24 Upon the change to Macy s Inc Federated s stock ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange changed from FD to M making the new Macy s Inc one of a handful of single letter ticker symbol companies 25 In April 2008 Moody s Investors Service said that it might downgrade Macy s Inc bonds to just above junk status 26 That same month Fitch Ratings downgraded their bond credit rating to BBB from BBB noting a deterioration in the company s operating and credit metrics A rating of BBB is one notch above junk status The domain macysinc com attracted at least 3 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete com survey 27 On Wednesday February 6 2008 Terry Lundgren announced the localization strategy and the company s plan to shed 2 550 jobs This new localization strategy is known as My Macy s Employees of the Macy s North headquarters office in Minneapolis the Macy s Northwest headquarters office in Seattle and the Macy s Midwest headquarters office in St Louis were given pink slips as Macy s pared its seven regional centers to four About 40 new jobs were to be created in May as part of the restructuring By 2009 the company expected to save 100 million equivalent to 126 million in 2023 a year from the cuts On February 2 2009 Macy s announced the elimination of 7 000 jobs or 4 of its workforce and slashed its dividend as it looked to lower expenses as part of a major restructuring Cincinnati based Macy s Inc said the workforce reduction includes positions in offices stores and other locations The cuts will include some unfilled jobs Reducing our workforce is an unfortunate outcome of the current economic environment and I am frustrated that so many of our people will be unable to move forward with us as we proceed into a very exciting future for Macy s and Bloomingdale s said Terry J Lundgren chairman president and chief executive officer Macy s also got rid of its division structure and integrated its functions into one organization Macy s central buying merchandise planning stores senior management and marketing functions merged to its New York City corporate office formerly Macy s East Corporate related business functions such as finance and human resources will be primarily in Cincinnati To buy with local consumers in mind Macy s developed a concept called My Macy s in which the buyers and planners all look at what the local consumer base is looking for in their local Macy s store This will help bring a better sense of branding sizing and marketing to each Macy s store nationwide Macy s Inc decided to close the Bloomingdale s at the Mall of America in Minnesota Since 1994 Bloomingdale s had been one of the 4 anchor stores of the mall and will be replaced with a 30 million renovation with four new foreign clothing stores On October 14 2013 Macy s Inc announced the decision to open most of their stores for the first time on Thanksgiving Day 2013 breaking a long standing tradition of 155 years and joined the ranks of retailers who created Gray Thursday the year before Its doors opened at 8 p m local time on the holiday evening and remained open for 24 hours straight until the close of business on Friday which is usually about 10 p m 28 As of February 2014 update Macy s Inc is valued at US 28 billion 29 In September 2015 Macy s announced it would close 40 stores 5 of its total stores in early 2016 It also announced plans to open 6 additional Macy s Backstage locations From 2010 to 2015 Macy s had closed 52 stores and opened 12 30 In February 2020 Macy s announced that their headquarters in downtown Cincinnati will be closing in the near future with all corporate operations relocating to New York City This news came after a gradual pulling out of the Cincinnati area with a couple of area store closures and the retirement of a top executive In November 2021 Macy s announced the launch of its digital marketplace which set to debut in the second half of 2022 Macy s will partner with AlixPartners and Mirakl 31 Finances EditYear Revenuein mil USD Net incomein mil USD Total Assetsin mil USD Employees Stores2005 15 776 689 14 885 112 000 4592006 22 390 1 406 33 168 232 000 8682007 26 970 995 29 550 188 000 8502008 26 313 893 27 789 182 000 8532009 24 892 4 775 22 145 167 000 8472010 23 489 329 21 300 161 000 8502011 25 003 847 20 631 166 000 8502012 26 405 1 256 22 095 171 000 8422013 27 686 1 335 20 991 175 700 8412014 27 931 1 486 21 620 172 500 8402015 28 105 1 526 21 330 166 900 8232016 27 079 1 072 20 576 157 900 8702017 25 778 619 19 851 148 300 8292018 24 837 1 547 19 381 130 000 852 32 Nameplates EditCurrent Edit Name Yearfounded Yearacquired of locations of boxes 33 Bloomingdale s 1860 1930 54 including 32 department stores 1 Bloomies 1 furniture other store and 20 outlet stores 56 including 34 department stores all full line 1 Bloomies 1 furniture other store and 20 outlet stores There are a total of 35 stores Bluemercury 1999 2015 158Macy s 1858 1994 510 including 445 department stores which includes 51 that are neighborhood stores 46 furniture galleries 1 furniture clearance centers 9 freestanding Backstage stores 7 Market by Macy s and 2 stores converted to fulfillment centers 569 including 509 department stores which includes 55 that are neighborhood stores 51 furniture galleries 1 furniture clearance centers 9 freestanding Backstage stores 7 Market by Macy s and 2 stores converted to fulfillment centers There are a total of 506 full line stores and a total of 551 stores Former Edit Name Founded Defunct Operated by Federated Previous names NotesA Harris and Company 1887 1961 1961 Merged with Sanger Brothers to form Sanger HarrisAbraham amp Straus 1865 1995 1929 1995 Folded into Macy sThe Bon Marche 1890 2005 1992 2005 The Bon Macy s 2003 2005 Folded into Bloomingdale s and Macy sBoston Store 1897 2018 1948 1985 Sold to Maus Freres owner of Bergner s in 1985 which was renamed Carson Pirie Scott 1993 then to Proffitt s in 1998 which was renamed Saks Inc and to The Bon Ton in 2006 Returned as an online retailer owned by CSG Generation in September 2018 after The Bon Ton went out of business in August of that year Bullock s 1901 1996 1964 1988 1995 1996 Folded into Macy sBurdines 1896 2005 1956 2005 Burdines Macy s 2003 2005 Folded into Macy sThe Emporium 1896 1996 1995 1996 Folded into Macy sFamous Barr 1911 2006 2005 2006 Folded into Macy sFilene s 1881 2006 1929 1988 2005 2006 Folded into Macy sFoley s 1900 2006 1947 1988 2005 2006 Folded into Macy sGold Circle 1967 1988 1967 1988 Liquidated in 1988Gold Triangle 1970 1981 1970 1981 Closed or converted into Richway storesGoldsmith s 1870 2005 1959 2005 Goldsmith s Macy s 2003 2005 Part of Rich s divisionFolded into Macy sHecht s 1857 2006 2005 2006 Folded into Bloomingdale s and Macy sI Magnin 1876 1994 1964 1987 1994 Folded into Macy sThe Jones Store 1887 2006 2005 2006 Part of Famous Barr divisionFolded into Macy sJordan Marsh 1841 1996 1988 1996 Folded into Macy sHad a separate division in Florida called Jordan Marsh Florida which was folded into Burdines in 1991 Kaufmann s 1871 2006 2005 2006 Part of Filene s divisionFolded into Macy sL S Ayres 1872 2006 2005 2006 Part of Famous Barr divisionFolded into Macy sLazarus 1851 2005 1929 2005 Lazarus Macy s 2003 2005 Part of Rich s divisionFolded into Macy sLiberty House 1849 2001 2001 Folded into Macy sLord amp Taylor 1826 2005 2006 Sold to NRDC Equity PartnersMaas Brothers 1886 1991 1988 1991 Folded into BurdinesMainStreet 1983 1988 1983 1988 Sold to Kohl sMarshall Field s 1852 2006 2005 2006 Folded into Bloomingdale s and Macy sMeier amp Frank 1852 2006 2005 2006 Part of Robinsons May divisionFolded into Macy sRich s 1867 2005 1976 2005 Rich s Macy s 2003 2005 Folded into Bloomingdale s and Macy sRichway 1968 1988 1976 1988 Folded into Gold Circle Charlotte North Carolina stores rebranded to Gold Circle all others remained Richway Rike s 1853 1982 1959 1982 Merged with Shillito s to form Shillito Rike sRobinsons May 1993 2006 2005 2006 Folded into Bloomingdale s and Macy sSanger Brothers 1868 1961 1951 1961 Merged with A Harris and Company to form Sanger HarrisSanger Harris 1961 1987 1961 1987 Folded into Foley sShillito s 1830 1982 1929 1982 Merged with Rike s to form Shillito Rike sShillito Rike s 1982 1986 1982 1986 Folded into LazarusStrawbridge s 1868 2006 2005 2006 Part of Hecht s divisionFolded into Macy sStern s 1867 2001 1988 2001 Folded into Bloomingdale s and Macy sReferences Edit a b c d e f g Macy s Inc 2018 Annual Report Form 10 K sec gov U S Securities and Exchange Commission February 2019 a b Store Count and Square Footage Macy s Inc Retrieved 2022 11 19 Deloitte Switching Channels Global Powers of Retailing 2012 January 2012 at pp G11 and G27 Fred Lazarus 3d 84 Retailing Executive Retrieved 2018 06 25 Dispatch Tim Feran The Columbus Store executive Robert Lazarus Jr was community pillar The Columbus Dispatch Retrieved 2018 06 25 Business The Enquirer October 12 1997 enquirer com Retrieved 2018 06 25 History of Federated Department Stores Inc FundingUniverse www fundinguniverse com Retrieved 20 October 2019 Federated to Buy Twin Fair Stores The New York Times March 27 1982 accessed August 26 2008 Federated Stores Retrieved 2018 06 25 Mayer Caroline E March 16 1988 Macy s counters Campeau with new Federated bid The Washington Post Mayer Caroline E 1988 04 02 Federated Stores Accepts Campeau Takeover Offer The Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved 2018 06 25 Federated Allied file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy UPI Retrieved 2018 06 25 Lazzareschi Carla 4 February 1992 Ex Creditors Acquire Ralphs Supermarkets Los Angeles Times Retrieved 20 October 2019 Federated to Buy Broadway Stores For 1 6 Billion The New York Times August 15 1995 The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati Ohio on November 10 2001 Page 27 Newspapers com Retrieved 2018 06 25 Federated Settles for Millions BCD News and Comment Vol 32 1 March 3 1998 Federated Department Store Settles FTC Action for 8 Million Consumer Financial Services Law Report Vol 3 1 June 11 1999 FTC and Federated Settle Reaffirmation Claims Consumer Bankruptcy News Vol 8 19 June 17 1999 Exhibit10 1 11012014 www sec gov Retrieved 2018 06 25 Liberty House department store Fasig Lisa 2 June 2005 Federated to sell credit card business for 4 5 billion Federated Agrees to Sell Bridal Group Federated Department Stores Inc November 17 2006 Yahoo Finance Stock Market Live Quotes Business amp Finance News Federated Plans Corporate Name Change Federated Department Stores February 27 2007 Federated Plans M Stock Ticker Yahoo Business AP March 28 2007 Witkowski Wallace Moody s may downgrade Macy s on weak credit MarketWatch Retrieved 2015 05 24 macysinc com UVs for April 2015 siteanalytics compete com Archived from the original on 2011 05 22 Retrieved 2015 05 24 Malcolm Hadley October 14 2013 Most Macy s stores will open at 8 p m on Thanksgiving USA Today Retrieved October 15 2013 Moin David February 26 2014 Macy s Sets Strategy to Keep Momentum WWD Retrieved February 26 2014 Isidore Chris 2015 09 09 Macy s closing up to 40 more stores CNNMoney Lauren Thomas November 18 2021 Macy s shares surge on upbeat earnings decision to hire AlixPartners to review business CNBC Retrieved February 10 2022 Macy s Financial Statements 2005 2020 M www macrotrends net Macy s Inc Store Count 2022 External links EditBusiness data for Macy s Inc GoogleSEC filingsYahoo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Macy 27s Inc amp oldid 1143331784, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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