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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 ] ]. Federated Department Stores eliminated the A&S brand shortly after its 1994 acquisition of R.H. Macy & Co. Most A&S stores took the Macy's name, although a few became part of Stern's, a Federated division that was based in Paramus, N.J., and offered lower-end goods than did Macy's or A&S. | ||
| == Locations == | == Locations == | ||
| === New York === | === New York === | ||
| * Brooklyn: Fulton Street | * Brooklyn: Fulton Street (became Macy's) | ||
| * Huntington: Walt Whitman Mall | * Huntington: Walt Whitman Mall (became Macy's) | ||
| * Nanuet: Nanuet Mall | * Nanuet: Nanuet Mall (became Stern's, now Boscov's) | ||
| * Yorktown Heights: Jefferson Valley Mall | * Yorktown Heights: Jefferson Valley Mall (opened as Read's, became Jordan Marsh, renamed A&S, converted to Macy's) | ||
| * White Plains: Galleria Mall | * White Plains: Galleria Mall (became Macy's) | ||
| * Manhattan: A&S Plaza | * Manhattan: A&S Plaza (became Stern's, now closed) | ||
| * |
* Rego Park: Queens Center Mall (became Macy's) | ||
| * Garden City: Roosevelt Field Mall | * Garden City: Roosevelt Field Mall (became Bloomingdale's) | ||
| * Massapequa: Sunrise Mall (became Stern's) | |||
| * Valley Stream: Green Acres Mall (became Stern's, later closed) | |||
| * Lake Grove: Smeith Haven Mall (became Stern's, later closed) | |||
| === New Jersey === | === New Jersey === | ||
| * Eatontown: Monmouth Mall | * Eatontown: Monmouth Mall (became Macy's) | ||
| * Paramus: Paramus Park Mall | * Paramus: Paramus Park Mall (became Macy's) | ||
| * Short Hills: Mall at Short Hills (became Macy's) | |||
| * Woodbridge: Woodbridge Center (sold to Sears) | |||
| === Connecticut === | === Connecticut === | ||
| * Trumbull: Trumbull Mall (opened as Read's, became Jordan Marsh, renamed A&S, converted to Macy's) | |||
| * Trumbull | |||
| * Danbury | |||
| === Pennsylvania === | === Pennsylvania === | ||
| * King of Prussia: Court at King of Prussia (''Sold to Strawbridge & Clothier in 1988'') | * King of Prussia: Court at King of Prussia (''Sold to Strawbridge & Clothier in 1988'') | ||
| * Willow Grove: Willow Grove Park (sold to Strawbridge's in 1988; Federated has sold this store to Boscov's, which will open in 2006) | |||
| * Willow Grove: | |||
| === New York=== | |||
| == Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
Revision as of 02:55, 4 May 2006
Abraham & Straus (or A&S), now defunct, was a major New York City department store, based in Brooklyn New York. Federated Department Stores eliminated the A&S brand shortly after its 1994 acquisition of R.H. Macy & Co. Most A&S stores took the Macy's name, although a few became part of Stern's, a Federated division that was based in Paramus, N.J., and offered lower-end goods than did Macy's or A&S.
Locations
New York
- Brooklyn: Fulton Street (became Macy's)
- Huntington: Walt Whitman Mall (became Macy's)
- Nanuet: Nanuet Mall (became Stern's, now Boscov's)
- Yorktown Heights: Jefferson Valley Mall (opened as Read's, became Jordan Marsh, renamed A&S, converted to Macy's)
- White Plains: Galleria Mall (became Macy's)
- Manhattan: A&S Plaza (became Stern's, now closed)
- Rego Park: Queens Center Mall (became Macy's)
- Garden City: Roosevelt Field Mall (became Bloomingdale's)
- Massapequa: Sunrise Mall (became Stern's)
- Valley Stream: Green Acres Mall (became Stern's, later closed)
- Lake Grove: Smeith Haven Mall (became Stern's, later closed)
New Jersey
- Eatontown: Monmouth Mall (became Macy's)
- Paramus: Paramus Park Mall (became Macy's)
- Short Hills: Mall at Short Hills (became Macy's)
- Woodbridge: Woodbridge Center (sold to Sears)
Connecticut
- Trumbull: Trumbull Mall (opened as Read's, became Jordan Marsh, renamed A&S, converted to Macy's)
Pennsylvania
- King of Prussia: Court at King of Prussia (Sold to Strawbridge & Clothier in 1988)
- Willow Grove: Willow Grove Park (sold to Strawbridge's in 1988; Federated has sold this store to Boscov's, which will open in 2006)
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.