Stern's

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Stern's
Type of Company	Department store
Founded	1867 (as Stern Brothers Department Store)
Headquarters	New York, NY
Industry	Retail
Products	Apparel, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, gifts and housewares.
Website	www.Federated-FDS.com

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.

[edit] Chronology

• 1867: Stern Brothers' Department Store is founded in Manhattan by the Stern brothers, recent immigrants from Ziegenhain, (Schwalm-Eder-Kreis), Germany.
• 1951: Stern Brothers is acquired by Allied Stores Corporation.
• 1982: Allied Stores Corporation's Gertz division on Long Island was merged into Stern's which by then operated primarily in New Jersey.
• 1986: Stern's acquires several stores from the defunct Gimbel's
• 1986: Campeau Corporation acquires Allied.
• 1988: Campeau acquires Federated Department Stores (FDS). Beginning of Allied/FDS "tandem" operations.
  

  

  Sterns Logo used through the 1980's until 1995
• 1992: Allied is fully merged into FDS.
• 2001: FDS closes its Stern's division, with most locations being converted to Bloomingdale's or Macy's stores. The flagship Stern's store at Manhattan Mall (formerly Gimbel's), just two blocks from the Macy's flagship store, was not converted and is currently empty.

[edit] Partial list of former Stern's locations

[edit] New York

• Manhattan, 32-36 W. 23rd St. Between 6th Ave. and 5th Ave. (Original store. Built in 1878, expanded to nos. 38-46 in 1892. Replaced by 42nd St. store in 1913. Building still exists, bottom floors now Home Depot.)
• Manhattan, W. 42nd St. between 6th Ave. and 5th Ave. (Former HQ and flaghship store, built in 1913. Demolished, now site of Grace Building)
• Manhattan (former Gimbel's NYC store, then A&S, now shops and Manhattan Mall)
• Roosevelt Field Mall, Garden City, New York (Former Gimbel's, now split between Bloomingdale's Furniture store and Dick's Sporting Goods)
• Cross County Shopping Center, Yonkers (former Gimbel's store, now Macy's)
• Broadway Mall, Hicksville (Former Gertz, now Macy's. Top level of store was closed to public sometime in the 1980s.)
• Nanuet Mall, Nanuet (Built as A&S, converted to Sterns, now Boscov's)
• Green Acres Mall, Valley Stream
• Smith Haven Mall, Lake Grove (Former A&S, demolished in 2005)
• Sunrise Mall, Massapequa (originally assumed Gertz location, which is now Sears. Moved to former A&S location after FDS/Allied merger. This location is now Wal-Mart.)
• Bayshore (Former Gertz, converted into Macy's, then demolished and site of Lowe's.)
• West Babylon (Former Gertz, then Swezey's, currently Bed Bath & Beyond.)
• Flushing Main St. Macys

[edit] New Jersey

• Bergen Mall, Paramus (4 floors including large basement, turned into Macy's, which closed in 2004. An annex at the basement level served as Stern's Executive Offices from 1969 to the closing of the division.) (Reopened as a Century 21 Discount Department Store August 2006)
• Bridgewater Commons, Bridgewater (Now Bloomingdale's)
• Echelon Mall, Voorhees (Former Lit Brothers and Gimbels store, now Boscov's)
• Essex Green Shopping Center, West Orange (Now Macy's)
• Monmouth Mall, Eatontown (Former A&S, now Boscov's)
• Moorestown Mall, Moorestown (Former Gimbels store, became Ports Of The World, now Boscov's)
• Newport Center Mall, Jersey City (converted to Macy's, then empty when Macy's moved to new larger space in the mall--Kohl's opened 2006)
• Ocean County Mall, Toms River (Now Boscov's)
• Preakness Shopping Center, Wayne, New Jersey (Freestanding location. Turned into Macy's in 2002. Now this location is a Freestanding Macy's)
• Seaview Square Mall (Closed), Ocean Township (Now demolished, Target Greatland rebuilt on its' location)
• Willowbrook Mall, Wayne (Now a Bloomingdale's)
• Woodbridge Center Mall, Woodbridge (Now Macy's)
• Paterson, Downtown (Originally Quackenbush, then Stern's-Quackenbush closed with the opening in Willowbrook Mall in the early 70s. Store eventually became Jacobs, then Wertheimer's, before National Wholesale Liquidators took over the store as a temporary home until its Lodi, New Jersey, was rebuilt after being destroyed by fire. A children's clothing store occupied the space from 2001 until 2003, when the store went out of business. After a clothing liquidator went out, store's main level was divided into three sections. One houses a woman's clothing store, one a Bank of America, and the third section-which includes the upper and basement levels- is currently vacant after a furniture retailer closed its doors.)
• Ledgewood Mall, Ledgewood (now Macy's)
• South Brunswick (converted to Macy's, now Home Depot)
• Middlesex Mall, South Plainfield (now Macy's)

[edit] Pennsylvania

• The Gallery, Philadelphia (Former Gimbels store, became Clover, now K Mart)
• Bustelton & Cottman, Philadelphia (Former Gimbels store, now Sears)
• Oxford Valley Mall, Langhorne (Former Gimbels store, now Sears)
• Granite Run Mall, Media (Former Gimbels store, now Boscov's)
• King Of Prussia Plaza, King Of Prussia (Former Gimbels store, now JC Penney)

[edit] External link

• History of Federated Department Stores, Inc.

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