Macy's East,

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was a division of Macy's, Inc. It was the operating successor to the original R.H. Macy & Co., Inc. and operates the Macy's department stores in the northeast U.S. and Puerto Rico. Over the years it has been known as Macy's New York and Macy's Northeast. On February 1, 2006, Macy's East assumed operating control over the

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, many of the Kaufmann's stores in upstate New York and the

Hecht's Hecht's, also known as Hecht Brothers, Hecht Bros. and the Hecht Company, was a large chain of department stores that operated mainly in the mid-Atlantic and southern region of the United States. The firm originated in Baltimore, Maryland. By 20 ...

stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, D.C. and northern Virginia. These locations assumed the Macy's moniker officially on September 9, 2006. In 2008, Macy's East merged with Macy's North. On February 2, 2009, Macy's Inc. announced plans to consolidate all Macy's divisions into a single division based in New York. Then Macy's West was also consolidated into Macy's East during the second quarter of 2009. Macy's West Macy's East was then merged into Macy's Inc.

Macy's East predecessors

* Gertz Co., Jamaica, New York, merged into Stern's 1982, stores renamed 1983. * The William Hengerer Co., Buffalo, New York, merged into Sibley's 1982. *

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, Newark, New Jersey, merged into Macy's 1986. * D.M. Read Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut, merged into Jordan Marsh 1987. * M. O'Neil Co. (part, divided between Macy's North and

Macy's Midwest Macy's Midwest, St. Louis, Missouri, is a former division of Macy's, Inc. It had operations in New York, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It was created February 1, 2006 from a reorganization of ...

), Akron, Ohio, merged into May Co. 1989. * May Company (part, divided between Macy's North and Macy's Midwest), Cleveland, Ohio, merged into Kaufmann's 1993. * G. Fox & Co., Hartford, Connecticut, merged into Filene's 1993. * Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co., Rochester, New York, merged into Kaufmann's 1993. * Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn, New York, merged into Macy's 1995. *

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, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, merged into Hecht's 1995 and Strawbridge's 1998. * Jordan Marsh & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, merged into Macy's 1996. *

Stern Brothers Stern's (originally Stern Brothers) was a regional department store chain serving the U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The chain was in business for more than 130 years. In 2001, Stern's parent company Federated Departmen ...

, Paramus, New Jersey (founded in Manhattan), merged into Macy's 2001. * William Filene's Sons' Co., Boston, Massachusetts, merged into Macy's 2006. * Strawbridge & Clothier Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, merged into Macy's 2006. * The Hecht Co. (part, divided between Macy's East and

Macy's South Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American chain of high-end department stores founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It became a division of the Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores in 1994, through which it is affiliated wit ...

), Washington, D.C., merged into Macy's 2006. *

Marshall Field & Company Marshall Field & Company (commonly known as Marshall Field's) was an upscale department store in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in the 19th century, it grew to become a large chain before Macy's, Inc acquired it in 2005. Its eponymous founder, Mar ...

, Chicago, Illinois, converted to Macys 2006. * Kaufmann Brothers (part, divided between Macy's North and Macy's Midwest), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, merged into Macy's 2006.

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{{reflist Macy's 1992 establishments in the United States

Macy's East predecessors

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