Federated Department Stores - Definition and Overview

Federated Department Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FD (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=FD)) operates 465 department stores in 34 U.S. states, Guam and Puerto Rico, under the following names:

• Bloomingdale's – 34 stores in California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
• Bon-Macy's – 50 stores in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming
• Burdines-Macy's – 56 stores, all in Florida
• Goldsmith's-Macy's – 5 stores, all in Tennessee
• Lazarus-Macy's – 42 stores in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
• Macy's – 248 stores in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, and Puerto Rico
• Rich's-Macy's – 30 stores in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina

In September 2004, it was announced that Bon-Macy's, Burdines-Macy's, Goldsmith's-Macy's, Lazarus-Macy's, and Rich's-Macy's stores would all be renamed simply Macy's in January 2005.

The department store chain Stern's, which was affiliated with Federated, ceased operations in 1998, and most of its stores became Macy's stores.

FDS was founded in 1929 in Columbus, Ohio as a holding company for a number of department stores, including Abraham & Straus of Brooklyn, F&R Lazarus & Company of Columbus, Ohio, and Filene's of Boston.

External links

• Federated Department Stores on the Web (http://www.fds.com)
• History of Federated Department Stores, Inc. (http://www.fds.com/pressroom/about/his_1.asp)
• Yahoo! - Federated Department Stores, Inc. Company Profile (http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/12/12493.html)