Macy's Midwest,

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, is a former division of

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. It had operations in

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. It was created February 1, 2006 from a reorganization of the

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division acquired August 30, 2005 with

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. It also incorporated the Macy's stores operating in western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) and the majority of the

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stores operated by

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. An additional realignment of store operations with

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 ...

and

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occurred July 30, 2006, with a further transfer of stores with Macy's South to occur by early 2007. On September 9, 2006, the

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and

nameplates were phased out in favor of the nationally known

Macy's 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 wi ...

. In 2008, Macy's Midwest merged with Macy's South to form

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. Macy's Central later merged with

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and

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and further consolidated with the holding company.

History

There was a prior division of R.H. Macy & Co., Inc. named Macy's Midwest, formed in 1981, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. It operated stores in Missouri, Kansas and Ohio. The former division itself was created from a consolidation of two Macy's divisions,

Lasalle's Lasalle & Koch Co. or Lasalle's was a department store in Toledo, Ohio, with branches in some nearby communities. History Lasalle's traces its beginnings to a store opened in 1865 by Jacob Lasalle and Joseph Epstein, at 51 Summit Street. In 188 ...

(Toledo, Ohio) and

Macy's Missouri-Kansas 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 ...

, in 1982. It was merged with Davison's, to form Macy's Atlanta on February 1, 1985. Its former Lasalle's stores were sold to

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in 1985 and its former Missouri-Kansas stores were sold to

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in 1986. Lasalle's (The Lasalle & Koch Co.) was purchased by R.H. Macy & Co. in 1923. It operated as a division of Macy's, with offices in the downtown Toledo Lasalle's store at 513 Adams Street, until the consolidation in 1982.

References

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