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Bookmark or Share- Macy's - WikipediaMacy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It has been a sister brand to the Bloomingdale's department store chain since being acquired by holding company Federated Department Stores in 1994, which renamed itself Macy's, Inc. in 2007.
- Rowland Hussey Macy - WikipediaRowland Hussey Macy Sr. (August 30, 1822 – March 29, 1877) was an American businessman who founded the department store chain Macy's. Macy was the fourth of six children born to a Quaker family on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.
- How a Nantucket Woman Made Macy's - Nantucket Historical ...Macy’s department store, founded by Nantucket native Rowland Hussey Macy, was the first modern department store in the United States, and, at one point, the world’s largest. It was also among the first to employ a female executive, something that’s still rare in retail today.
- The History of Macy’sAfter spending four years on a whaling ship, a string of failed dry-goods stores, and a stint in California during the 1849 Gold Rush, Rowland Hussey Macy founded a fancy dry goods store called R.H. Macy & Co. on the corner of 14th Street and 6th Avenue in New York
- Rowland Hussey Macy: A Retail Legend's Biography - A Touch of ...Rowland Hussey Macy, born on August 30, 1822, on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, was a pioneer in American retail. He was the fourth child in a Quaker family and grew up in an environment rich with maritime traditions.
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