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| '''Abraham & Straus''' (or '''A&S'''), now defunct, was a major ] department store, based in ] ]. | '''Abraham & Straus''' (or '''A&S'''), now defunct, was a major ] department store, based in ] ]. | ||
| == Locations == | |||
| === Pennsylvania === | |||
| *King of Prussia: Court at King of Prussia (''Sold to Strawbridge & Clothier in 1988'') | |||
| === New York=== | |||
| == Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
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Abraham & Straus (or A&S), now defunct, was a major New York City department store, based in Brooklyn New York.
Locations
Pennsylvania
- King of Prussia: Court at King of Prussia (Sold to Strawbridge & Clothier in 1988)
New York
Timeline
- 1865 - Founded in Brooklyn as Wechsler & Abraham by Abraham Abraham and Joseph Wechsler
- 1893 - The Straus family, who acquired a general partnership with Macy's department stores in 1888, buys out Joseph Wechsler's interest in Wechsler & Abraham, changing the store's name to Abraham & Straus. While Abraham & Straus did not become a part of Macy's, the two stores did share an overseas office and maintained close ties.
- 1929 - Federated Department Stores, Inc. is formed as a holding company by several family-owned department stores, including Abraham & Straus and F&R Lazarus (along with its Cincinnati-based subsidiary, Shillito's) and Filene's of Boston. Corporate offices established in Columbus, OH.
- 1992 - Federated Department Stores, Inc, merges with Allied Stores Corporation. A consolidation of the A&S and Jordan Marsh divisions results in the A&S/Jordan Marsh division, headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. Early in the new year, Macy's files for protection under Chapter 11.
- 1994 - Federated Department Stores acquires the now bankrupt R.H. Macy & Co. and combines Macy's, headquartered in New York City, with A&S/Jordan Marsh.
- 1995 - The name Abraham & Straus is dropped in favor of the more widely known name Macy's and Macy's East is formed.