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For the flagship store, see <a href="/wiki/Filene%27s_Department_Store" title="Filene's Department Store">Filene's Department Store</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Filene's</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FilenesLogo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/FilenesLogo.svg/250px-FilenesLogo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/FilenesLogo.svg/375px-FilenesLogo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/FilenesLogo.svg/500px-FilenesLogo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="353" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Filene%27s_Department_Store,_Boston,_Massachusetts_LCCN2011630424.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Filene%27s_Department_Store%2C_Boston%2C_Massachusetts_LCCN2011630424.tif/lossy-page1-250px-Filene%27s_Department_Store%2C_Boston%2C_Massachusetts_LCCN2011630424.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Filene%27s_Department_Store%2C_Boston%2C_Massachusetts_LCCN2011630424.tif/lossy-page1-375px-Filene%27s_Department_Store%2C_Boston%2C_Massachusetts_LCCN2011630424.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Filene%27s_Department_Store%2C_Boston%2C_Massachusetts_LCCN2011630424.tif/lossy-page1-500px-Filene%27s_Department_Store%2C_Boston%2C_Massachusetts_LCCN2011630424.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4345" data-file-height="3360" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Filene%27s_Department_Store" title="Filene's Department Store">Filene's Department Store</a>, the former flagship store at <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Crossing" title="Downtown Crossing">Downtown Crossing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> (2008)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">William Filene & Sons Co.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category">Retail</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1881<span class="noprint">; 143 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1881</span>)</span> in <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">William Filene</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">September 9, 2006<span class="noprint">; 18 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2006-09-09</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Acquired by <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s,_Inc." title="Macy's, Inc.">Federated Department Stores</a>, converted to <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s" title="Macy's">Macy's</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Macy%27s" title="Macy's">Macy's</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">426 <a href="/wiki/Washington_Street_(Boston)" title="Washington Street (Boston)">Washington Street</a>, <div class="ib-company-locality locality">Boston, Massachusetts</div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of locations</div></th><td class="infobox-data">47 (2005)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Areas served</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Clothing</li> <li>footwear</li> <li>bedding</li> <li>furniture</li> <li>jewelry</li> <li>beauty products</li> <li>housewares</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macy%27s,_Inc." title="Macy's, Inc.">Federated Department Stores</a> (1929–1988, 2005–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_May_Department_Stores_Company" title="The May Department Stores Company">The May Department Stores Company</a> (1988–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Filene's</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span>, originally <b>William Filene & Sons Co.</b>) is an American <a href="/wiki/Department_store" title="Department store">department store</a> chain; it was founded by William Filene in 1881. The success of the original full-line store in <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a>, was supplemented by the foundation of its off-price sister store <a href="/wiki/Filene%27s_Basement" title="Filene's Basement">Filene's Basement</a> in 1908. Filene's, in partnership with <a href="/wiki/Abraham_%26_Straus" title="Abraham & Straus">Abraham & Straus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_(department_store)" title="Lazarus (department store)">Lazarus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Shillito_Company" title="John Shillito Company">Shillito's</a>, was an original member of the holding company <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s,_Inc." title="Macy's, Inc.">Federated Department Stores</a> upon its establishment in 1929. </p><p>Filene's expanded into <a href="/wiki/Shopping_mall" title="Shopping mall">shopping malls</a> throughout <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> in the later half of the twentieth century, and was rivaled by fellow Boston-based department store <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Marsh" title="Jordan Marsh">Jordan Marsh</a>. Federated sold Filene's to <a href="/wiki/The_May_Department_Stores_Company" title="The May Department Stores Company">The May Department Stores Company</a>, and spun off Filene's Basement into a separate company, in 1988. With this reorganization, the Filene's nameplate replaced the <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford</a>-based <a href="/wiki/G._Fox_%26_Co." title="G. Fox & Co.">G. Fox & Co.</a> in 1992 and Steiger's in 1994; the store assumed control of the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>-based department store chain <a href="/wiki/Kaufmann%27s" title="Kaufmann's">Kaufmann's</a> in 2002. </p><p>May itself was ultimately acquired by Federated in 2005; the Filene's brand was retired and most stores were converted into the Federated-owned, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s" title="Macy's">Macy's</a> nameplate by September 2006. Federated itself was renamed Macy's, Inc., in 2007. The former Filene's <a href="/wiki/Filene%27s_Department_Store" title="Filene's Department Store">flagship store</a> at <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Crossing" title="Downtown Crossing">Downtown Crossing</a> in Boston is listed in the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>; its current tenants include advertising agencies <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Worldwide" title="Arnold Worldwide">Arnold Worldwide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Havas_Media" title="Havas Media">Havas Media</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fast_fashion" title="Fast fashion">fast fashion</a> retailer <a href="/wiki/Primark" title="Primark">Primark</a>. </p><p>This building was designated as a <a href="/wiki/Boston_Landmark" title="Boston Landmark">Boston Landmark</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Landmarks_Commission" title="Boston Landmarks Commission">Boston Landmarks Commission</a> in 2006. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Filene%27s&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Filene%27s&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Washington_st_Boston.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Washington_st_Boston.jpg/150px-Washington_st_Boston.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Washington_st_Boston.jpg/225px-Washington_st_Boston.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Washington_st_Boston.jpg/300px-Washington_st_Boston.jpg 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Shoppers hurry around Filene's (center right) on Washington Street in Boston.</figcaption></figure> <p>The precursor of the main company was a store opened in 1881 by William Filene. Filene was a German Jewish immigrant from Posen, <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Pozna%C5%84" title="Poznań">Poznań</a> in <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>). He immigrated to <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> in 1848. Although William Filene is credited with creating Filene's, it was his sons, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Filene" title="Edward Filene">Edward Filene</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_Filene" title="Abraham Lincoln Filene">Abraham Lincoln Filene</a>, who expanded the business greatly.<sup id="cite_ref-dshistory.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dshistory.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edward and Lincoln were two of the best known businessmen in America and were responsible for converting their father's clothing store into one of the largest department stores in the country. The two sons assumed management of the store in 1891 and inherited the store upon their father's death in 1901; by that the company was known as William Filene's Sons & Company.<sup id="cite_ref-dshistory.com_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dshistory.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1908 Edward Filene opened <i>the automatic bargain annex</i> or <a href="/wiki/Filene%27s_Basement" title="Filene's Basement">Filene's Basement</a> as a way to sell excess merchandise from the upstairs department store.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also developed an automatic mark-down schedule to reduce the price of merchandise, used thereafter for decades. Edward's influence gave Filene's an early reputation as a customer oriented store with slogans like “money back if not satisfied.” </p><p>A new main store, <a href="/wiki/Filene%27s_Department_Store" title="Filene's Department Store">Filene's Department Store</a>, was completed in 1912 in Boston on the corner of Washington and <a href="/wiki/Summer_Street_(Boston)" title="Summer Street (Boston)">Summer</a> streets, by Chicago architect <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Burnham" title="Daniel Burnham">Daniel Burnham</a> as his last major project. By 1929 Filene's expanded the main building, converting the block around Washington, Summer, <a href="/wiki/Hawley_Street_(Boston)" title="Hawley Street (Boston)">Hawley</a> and Franklin streets into one department store.<sup id="cite_ref-dshistory.com_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dshistory.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Filene's is also a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Department_Stores" title="International Association of Department Stores">International Association of department stores</a> in 1928, which is still active as of today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1929–1987:_Ownership_by_Federated"><span id="1929.E2.80.931987:_Ownership_by_Federated"></span>1929–1987: Ownership by Federated</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Filene%27s&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1929–1987: Ownership by Federated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Filenes_ad_on_a_ticketstub.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Filenes_ad_on_a_ticketstub.png/190px-Filenes_ad_on_a_ticketstub.png" decoding="async" width="190" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Filenes_ad_on_a_ticketstub.png/285px-Filenes_ad_on_a_ticketstub.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Filenes_ad_on_a_ticketstub.png 2x" data-file-width="348" data-file-height="275" /></a><figcaption>Filene's advertisement on back of Red Sox baseball ticket.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Filenes-logo-1929.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Filenes-logo-1929.png/220px-Filenes-logo-1929.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Filenes-logo-1929.png/330px-Filenes-logo-1929.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Filenes-logo-1929.png/440px-Filenes-logo-1929.png 2x" data-file-width="3378" data-file-height="1439" /></a><figcaption>Filene's logo used from 1929.</figcaption></figure> <p>Also during 1929, Filene's joined <a href="/wiki/Abraham_%26_Straus" title="Abraham & Straus">Abraham & Straus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_(department_store)" title="Lazarus (department store)">Lazarus</a> as the founding members of <a href="/wiki/Federated_Department_Stores" class="mw-redirect" title="Federated Department Stores">Federated Department Stores</a>. From the 1930s through 1990s Filene's continued expanding beyond <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> with the country growing and adapting to new <a href="/wiki/Shopping_malls" class="mw-redirect" title="Shopping malls">shopping malls</a>. Filene's main rival company during this period was <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Marsh" title="Jordan Marsh">Jordan Marsh</a>, whose main store, like Filene's, was located in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Crossing" title="Downtown Crossing">Downtown Crossing</a> in Boston, and was also making the transition, expanding into shopping malls. In 1947, the Filene's Basement trade-name was first applied to an annual <a href="/wiki/Running_of_the_Brides" title="Running of the Brides">bridal gown sale</a>. Lines extending around the store made it famous. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1988–2004:_Ownership_by_May"><span id="1988.E2.80.932004:_Ownership_by_May"></span>1988–2004: Ownership by May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Filene%27s&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1988–2004: Ownership by May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988, after the leveraged buyout of <a href="/wiki/Federated_Department_Stores" class="mw-redirect" title="Federated Department Stores">Federated Department Stores</a> by <a href="/wiki/Campeau_Corporation" title="Campeau Corporation">Campeau Corp.</a> of <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto, Ontario</a>, Canada, the division was sold to <a href="/wiki/May_Department_Stores" class="mw-redirect" title="May Department Stores">May Department Stores Co.</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Foley%27s" title="Foley's">Foley's</a> of <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>. It was then that the Filene's and <a href="/wiki/Filene%27s_Basement" title="Filene's Basement">Filene's Basement</a> trade-names were disassociated. In 1992, Filene's absorbed <a href="/wiki/G._Fox_%26_Co." title="G. Fox & Co.">G. Fox & Co.</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford, Connecticut</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Steiger's in 1994, two other divisions of <a href="/wiki/May_Department_Stores" class="mw-redirect" title="May Department Stores">May Company</a>. During the 1990s there was a doubling of the Filene's organization as May invested in new stores and variegated Filene's price and product assortments. In 2002 Filene's assumed operational control of the <a href="/wiki/Kaufmann%27s" title="Kaufmann's">Kaufmann's</a> stores in <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, and western <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> state. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005–2006:_Federated–May_merger_and_closing"><span id="2005.E2.80.932006:_Federated.E2.80.93May_merger_and_closing"></span>2005–2006: Federated–May merger and closing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Filene%27s&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2005–2006: Federated–May merger and closing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Filene%27s_clock_DownTCrossing2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/Filene%27s_clock_DownTCrossing2008.jpg/160px-Filene%27s_clock_DownTCrossing2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/Filene%27s_clock_DownTCrossing2008.jpg/240px-Filene%27s_clock_DownTCrossing2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/Filene%27s_clock_DownTCrossing2008.jpg/320px-Filene%27s_clock_DownTCrossing2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Boston's own variation of the saying "meet me under the clock" with the Filene's clock on Washington Street (2008)</figcaption></figure> <p>Speculated since the early 2000s,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Federated announced its planned acquisition of May in February 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The likelihood that the May nameplates would be replaced by the Federated-owned <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s" title="Macy's">Macy's</a> was acknowledged, citing the "considerable success in re-branding [Federated's] regional stores as Macy's" and that "operating regional stores primarily under one brand means [they] can advertise nationally, unlike regional retailers, which is more cost-effective;" the changes were unlikely to occur before 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indeed, the company-wide conversion to Macy's was confirmed in July,<sup id="cite_ref-Expand_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Expand-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the merger was completed in August.<sup id="cite_ref-Complete_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Complete-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Filene%27s-Macy%27s_Transition_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Filene%27s-Macy%27s_Transition_Logo.png/220px-Filene%27s-Macy%27s_Transition_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Filene%27s-Macy%27s_Transition_Logo.png/330px-Filene%27s-Macy%27s_Transition_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Filene%27s-Macy%27s_Transition_Logo.png/440px-Filene%27s-Macy%27s_Transition_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="1451" data-file-height="164" /></a><figcaption>Filene's-Macy's transition logo</figcaption></figure> <p>Federated continued to divest "duplicate" properties in shopping malls where Filene's and Macy's were both present; prior to consolidation, Filene's operated 47 locations across Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.<sup id="cite_ref-Expand_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Expand-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In regards to Downtown Crossing, however, the company remained uncertain whether the Filene's Department Store or the neighboring former Jordan Marsh flagship store (that became Macy's in the mid-1990s) would be retained.<sup id="cite_ref-Complete_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Complete-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then-Boston Mayor <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Menino" title="Thomas Menino">Thomas Menino</a> expressed his preference for "marrying Macy's to the Filene's building."<sup id="cite_ref-Menino_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menino-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ultimately, the existing Macy's location was left intact and the Filene's store was closed in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-Dublin_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dublin-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The last remaining Filene's stores closed on September 9, 2006, with the conversion of the May-owned nameplates, Macy's had become a national retailer with over 800 stores.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon receiving approval from shareholders that Federated itself be renamed <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s,_Inc." title="Macy's, Inc.">Macy's, Inc.</a> in 2007, then-CEO Terry Lundgren admitted that business was struggling from "[having thrown] a lot of change on the May company stores very quickly."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Filene%27s&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PRIMARK_store_Boston_Massachusetts_09172015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/PRIMARK_store_Boston_Massachusetts_09172015.jpg/220px-PRIMARK_store_Boston_Massachusetts_09172015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/PRIMARK_store_Boston_Massachusetts_09172015.jpg/330px-PRIMARK_store_Boston_Massachusetts_09172015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/PRIMARK_store_Boston_Massachusetts_09172015.jpg/440px-PRIMARK_store_Boston_Massachusetts_09172015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Primark flagship store in the former Filene's Department Store (2015)</figcaption></figure> <p>When Filene's closed, the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Landmarks_Commission" title="Boston Landmarks Commission">Boston Landmarks Commission</a> voted unanimously to protect the two oldest buildings that housed Filene's, the main 1912 store and a 1905 former glassware and china seller's building on the opposite corner.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two newer buildings, built in 1951 and 1973, were demolished in 2008. </p><p>Surprisingly, though many Bostonians felt a sense of loss, the public did not protest the closing, unlike that of <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Field%27s" title="Marshall Field's">Marshall Field's</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kaufmann%27s" title="Kaufmann's">Kaufmann's</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>. Boston had already lost many local companies to larger companies in the region, especially <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, including <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>'</i>s acquisition of the <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Globe">Boston Globe</a></i> and the subsumption of the <a href="/wiki/BankBoston" title="BankBoston">Bank of Boston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleet Bank">Fleet Bank</a> into <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_America" title="Bank of America">Bank of America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Menino_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Menino-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Boston Landmarks Commission only protected the façade of each buildings, allowing developers to rip out the building's interior, including the original paneling installed in 1912. When the project ran out of money, the buildings were left completely gutted. </p><p>In mid 2014, advertising and public relations company <a href="/wiki/Havas_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Havas Group">Havas</a> opened offices for several of its divisions (including advertising agency <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Worldwide" title="Arnold Worldwide">Arnold Worldwide</a> and media planning division <a href="/wiki/Havas_Media" title="Havas Media">Havas Media</a>) in the former Filene's Department Store.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Earlier that year, Irish <a href="/wiki/Fast_fashion" title="Fast fashion">fast fashion</a> retailer <a href="/wiki/Primark" title="Primark">Primark</a> announced that they would open their first location in the United States in the since-renamed Burnham Building.<sup id="cite_ref-Dublin_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dublin-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four-level, 77,000 sq ft (7,200 m<sup>2</sup>) flagship store opened in September 2015,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a mural inspired by the Filene's origin of the building was installed on the second floor.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filene's_Basement"><span id="Filene.27s_Basement"></span>Filene's Basement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Filene%27s&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Filene's Basement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Filene%27s_Basement" title="Filene's Basement">Filene's Basement</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FilenesBasementLogo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/FilenesBasementLogo.svg/220px-FilenesBasementLogo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/FilenesBasementLogo.svg/330px-FilenesBasementLogo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/FilenesBasementLogo.svg/440px-FilenesBasementLogo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="673" /></a><figcaption>Filene's Basement final logo</figcaption></figure> <p>By the direction of company president <a href="/wiki/Edward_Filene" title="Edward Filene">Edward Filene</a>, Filene's opened its famous "Automatic Bargain Basement" in 1909, which became a much-visited tourist attraction. The concept of the <a href="/wiki/Bargain_basement" class="mw-redirect" title="Bargain basement">bargain basement</a> was not new (<a href="/wiki/Marshall_Field%27s" title="Marshall Field's">Marshall Field's</a> created the first in 1879), but Filene's basement was well lit and decorated ostentatiously. The basement had its own staff which bought surplus, factory clearances, overstock, or closeout merchandise - Filene boasted that he had once sold more than 7,000 pairs of woolen underwear during two July days. Goods were marked down according to an automatic schedule; an item that had been on sale for 12 days was marked down by 25 percent, after 18 days by 50 percent, after 24 days by 75 percent, and after 30 days it was given away. Ninety percent of goods sold in the basement were purchased within the first 12 days of sale.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Filene's Basement was separately owned and operated by Retail Ventures, Inc. until 2009 when it was sold to Buxbaum Group, a liquidation company. The Filene's Basement stores were not affected by the Filene's/Macy's merger. However, in 2007, the original Filene's Basement location was closed while the old Filene's building was being gutted and rebuilt. At the time of the closing, the store was expected to relocate back into its basement space in 2010; however, the Filene's Basement company began its third Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2011, liquidating and permanently closing all of its stores in December 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Filene%27s&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Downtown_Crossing" title="Downtown Crossing">Downtown Crossing</a>, shopping district in which its flagship store was located</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Marsh" title="Jordan Marsh">Jordan Marsh</a>, another Boston-based department store chain acquired by Federated and replaced by Macy's</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_department_stores_of_the_United_States" title="List of defunct department stores of the United States">List of defunct department stores of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Filene" title="Edward Filene">Edward Filene</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Filene%27s&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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S. Ayres">L. S. Ayres</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>The Famous Clothing Store (1911)</li> <li>The William Barr Dry Goods Co. (1911)</li> <li><i>The Jones Store added to division in 1998</i><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaufman-Straus" title="Kaufman-Straus">Kaufman-Straus</a> (1969, to L.S. Ayres)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._%26_S._Pogue_Company" title="H. & S. Pogue Company">Pogue's</a> (1983, to L.S. Ayres)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Dry_Goods" title="Stewart Dry Goods">Stewart Dry Goods</a> (1985, to L.S. Ayres)</li> <li><i>L.S. Ayres added to division in 1991</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Filene's</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Kaufmann%27s" title="Kaufmann's">Kaufmann's</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steiger%27s" title="Steiger's">Steiger's</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Fox_%26_Co." title="G. Fox & Co.">G. Fox & Co.</a> (1993)</li> <li><i>Kaufmann's added to division in 2002</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hess%27s" title="Hess's">Hess's</a> (1995, to Kaufmann's)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCurdy%27s" title="McCurdy's">McCurdy's</a> (1994, to Kaufmann's)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_Company_Ohio" title="May Company Ohio">May Company Ohio</a> (1992, to Kaufmann's)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibley%27s" title="Sibley's">Sibley's</a> (1991, to Kaufmann's)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strouss" title="Strouss">Strouss</a> (1986, to Kaufmann's)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Foley%27s" title="Foley's">Foley's</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maison_Blanche" title="Maison Blanche">Maison Blanche</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May-Daniels_%26_Fisher" title="May-Daniels & Fisher">May D&F</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanger%E2%80%93Harris" title="Sanger–Harris">Sanger–Harris</a> (1987)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hecht%27s" title="Hecht's">Hecht's</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Strawbridge%27s" title="Strawbridge's">Strawbridge's</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Castner_Knott" title="Castner Knott">Castner Knott</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanamaker%27s" title="Wanamaker's">Wanamaker's</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodward_%26_Lothrop" title="Woodward & Lothrop">Woodward & Lothrop</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hess%27s" title="Hess's">Hess's</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalhimers" title="Thalhimers">Thalhimers</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miller_%26_Rhoads" title="Miller & Rhoads">Miller & Rhoads</a> (1990)<br /></li></ul> <p><i>Strawbridge's added to division in 1996</i> </p> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Field%27s" title="Marshall Field's">Marshall Field's</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dayton%27s" title="Dayton's">Dayton's</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s" title="Hudson's">Hudson's</a> (2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Robinsons-May" title="Robinsons-May">Robinsons-May</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Meier_%26_Frank" title="Meier & Frank">Meier & Frank</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_Company_California" title="May Company California">May Company California</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._W._Robinson%27s" title="J. W. Robinson's">J. W. Robinson's</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldwater%27s" title="Goldwater's">Goldwater's</a> (1989, to May Company California, J. W. Robinson's and May D&F)<br /></li></ul> <p><i>Meier & Frank added to division in 2002</i>; <a href="/wiki/ZCMI" title="ZCMI">Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution</a> (2001, to Meier & Frank) </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005<br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rich%27s_(department_store)" title="Rich's (department store)">Rich's</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Goldsmith%27s" title="Goldsmith's">Goldsmith's</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_(department_store)" title="Lazarus (department store)">Lazarus</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Horne_Company" title="Joseph Horne Company">Horne's</a> (1994, to Lazarus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Block_Co." title="William H. Block Co.">Block's</a> (1987, to Lazarus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herpolsheimer%27s" title="Herpolsheimer's">Herpolsheimer's</a> (1987, to Lazarus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Shillito_Company" title="John Shillito Company">Shillito</a>-<a href="/wiki/Rike_Kumler_Co." title="Rike Kumler Co.">Rike's</a> (1986, to Lazarus)</li> <li><i>Goldsmith's added to division in 1988</i></li> <li><i>Lazarus added to division in 1995</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Burdines" title="Burdines">Burdines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maas_Brothers" title="Maas Brothers">Maas Brothers</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Marsh" title="Jordan Marsh">Jordan Marsh Florida</a> (1991)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Bon_March%C3%A9" title="The Bon Marché">The Bon Marché</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>C.C. Anderson's (1937)</li> <li>Missoula Mercantile (1978)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996-2001<br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bullock%27s" title="Bullock's">Bullock's</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Emporium_(San_Francisco)" title="The Emporium (San Francisco)">The Emporium</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Broadway" title="The Broadway">The Broadway</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Marsh" title="Jordan Marsh">Jordan Marsh</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weinstock%27s" title="Weinstock's">Weinstock's</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_House_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberty House (US)">Liberty House</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stern%27s" title="Stern's">Stern's</a> (2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1947-1995</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Macy%27s_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Macy's West">O'Connor, Moffat & Co.</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macy%27s_Midwest" title="Macy's Midwest">John Taylor Dry Goods Co.</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lasalle_%26_Koch" title="Lasalle & Koch">Lasalle & Koch</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bamberger%27s" title="Bamberger's">Bamberger's</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davison%27s" title="Davison's">Davison's</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I._Magnin" title="I. 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