Macy's East

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. 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, Strawbridge's, many of the Kaufmann's stores in upstate New York and the Hecht's 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., Buffalo, New York, merged into Sibley's 1982
• Bamberger's, Newark, New Jersey, merged into Macy's 1986
• D.M. Read Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut, merged into Jordan Marsh 1987
• 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
• John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, merged into Hecht's 1995 and Strawbridge's 1998
• Jordan-Marsh Co., Boston, Massachusetts, merged into Macy's 1996
• Stern Brothers, Paramus, New Jersey (originally 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., Washington, D.C., merged into Macy's 2006
• Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, Illinois, converted to Macys 2006.
• Kaufmann Brothers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, merged into Macy's 2006