Macy's East, New York, New York is a division of Macy's, Inc.. It is the operating successor to the original R.H. Macy & Co., Inc.

Macy's

Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...

 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 Filene's

Filene's

Filene's was a Boston-based department store owned by Federated Department Stores , and May Department Stores . It operated throughout New England and in New York.-Early years:...

, Strawbridge's

Strawbridge's

Strawbridge's was a department store in the northeastern United States with stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. In its day a gracious urban emporium, the downtown Philadelphia flagship store added branch stores starting in the 1930s and together they enjoyed annual sales of over a...

, many of the Kaufmann's

Kaufmann's

Kaufmann's was a department store that originated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was owned in the early 20th century by Edgar J. Kaufmann, patron of 'Fallingwater' and the Kaufmann's Desert House. In the post-war years the store became a regional chain in the eastern United States, and was last...

 stores in upstate New York and the Hecht's

Hecht's

Hecht's, also known as Hecht Brothers, Hecht Bros. and the Hecht Company, was a large chain of department stores located mainly in the mid-Atlantic and southern region of the United States....

 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.

Macy's East predecessors

• Gertz Co., Jamaica, New York, merged into Stern's 1982, stores renamed 1983
• The William Hengerer Co.
  Hengerer's
  The William Hengerer Company, known informally as Hengerer's was a Buffalo, New York-based department store chain, with stores exclusively located in the Western New York region.-History:...
  
  , Buffalo, New York, merged into Sibley's 1982
• Bamberger's
  Bamberger's
  Bamberger's was a department store chain with locations primarily in New Jersey, but also Delaware, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. The chain was headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.-History:Founded in 1893 by Louis Bamberger as L...
  
  , Newark, New Jersey, merged into Macy's 1986
• D.M. Read Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut, merged into Jordan Marsh 1987
• G. Fox & Co.
  G. Fox & Co.
  G. Fox & Co. was a large department store that originated in Hartford, Connecticut. The store was also the largest privately held department store in the nation when it was sold in 1965 to the May Department Stores Company. In 1992 May Department stores phased out the G. Fox & Co. name converting...
  
  , Hartford, Connecticut, merged into Filene's 1993
• Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co.
  Sibley's
  Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company, known informally as Sibley's, was a Rochester, New York-based department store chain with stores located exclusively in the state of New York...
  
  , Rochester, New York, merged into Kaufmann's 1993
• Abraham & Straus
  Abraham & Straus
  Abraham & Straus was a major New York City department store, based in Brooklyn. Founded in 1865, in 1929 it became part of Federated Department Stores, which eliminated the A&S brand shortly after its 1994 acquisition of R.H. Macy & Company...
  
  , Brooklyn, New York, merged into Macy's 1995
• John Wanamaker
  Wanamaker's
  Wanamaker's department store was the first department store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and one of the first department stores in the United States. At its zenith in the early 20th century, there were two major Wanamaker department stores, one in Philadelphia and one in New York City at Broadway...
  
  , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, merged into Hecht's 1995 and Strawbridge's 1998
• Jordan-Marsh Co.
  Jordan Marsh
  Jordan Marsh & Company was a department store in Boston, Massachusetts, which grew to be a major regional chain in the New England area of the United States. In 1996, the last of the Jordan Marsh stores were converted to Macy's. The store was formerly part of Allied Stores and then Federated...
  
  , Boston, Massachusetts, merged into Macy's 1996
• Stern Brothers
  Stern's
  Stern's was a regional department store chain serving the U.S. states of New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The chain was in business for more than 130 years, prior to its 2001 integration into Macy's and Bloomingdale's...
  
  , Paramus, New Jersey (originally founded in Manhattan), merged into Macy's 2001
• William Filene's Sons' Co.
  Filene's
  Filene's was a Boston-based department store owned by Federated Department Stores , and May Department Stores . It operated throughout New England and in New York.-Early years:...
  
  , Boston, Massachusetts, merged into Macy's 2006
• Strawbridge & Clothier Co.
  Strawbridge's
  Strawbridge's was a department store in the northeastern United States with stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. In its day a gracious urban emporium, the downtown Philadelphia flagship store added branch stores starting in the 1930s and together they enjoyed annual sales of over a...
  
  , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, merged into Macy's 2006
• The Hecht Co.
  Hecht's
  Hecht's, also known as Hecht Brothers, Hecht Bros. and the Hecht Company, was a large chain of department stores located mainly in the mid-Atlantic and southern region of the United States....
  
  , Washington, D.C., merged into Macy's 2006
• Marshall Field & Company
  Marshall Field's
  Marshall Field & Company was a department store in Chicago, Illinois that grew to become a major chain before being acquired by Macy's Inc...
  
  , Chicago, Illinois, converted to Macys 2006.
• Kaufmann Brothers
  Kaufmann's
  Kaufmann's was a department store that originated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was owned in the early 20th century by Edgar J. Kaufmann, patron of 'Fallingwater' and the Kaufmann's Desert House. In the post-war years the store became a regional chain in the eastern United States, and was last...
  
  , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, merged into Macy's 2006