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| '''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 ], ], and offered lower-end goods than did Macy's or A&S. | '''Abraham & Straus''' (or '''A&S'''), now defunct, was a major ] department store, based in ], ]. ] eliminated the A&S brand shortly after its 1994 acquisition of ] Most A&S stores took the Macy's name, although a few became part of ], a Federated division that was based in ], ], and offered lower-end goods than did Macy's or A&S. | ||
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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, New Jersey, and offered lower-end goods than did Macy's or A&S.
Locations
New York
- Brooklyn: Fulton Street (became Macy's 1995)
- Manhattan: A&S Plaza (became Stern's 1995, closed 2001)
- Queens/Rego Park: Queens Center Mall (became Macy's 1995)
- Carle Place (freestanding, opened 1971, became Macy's Furniture/Outlet 1995)
- Garden City: Roosevelt Field Mall (opened 1992, became Bloomingdale's 1995)
- Garden City: 855 Franklin Avenue (converted to outlet 1992, closed 1995)
- Hempstead (freestanding, opened 1952, closed 1992)
- Huntington: Walt Whitman Mall (became Macy's 1995)
- Lake Grove: Smih Haven Mall (became Stern's 1995, closed 2001, demolished 2005)
- Manhasset 1100 Northern Boulevard (opened 1965, became Macy's 1995)
- Massapequa: Sunrise Mall (became Stern's 1995, closed 2001, now Wal-Mart location)
- Valley Stream: Green Acres Mall (became Stern's 1995, closed 2001, reopened as Macy's Home)
- Nanuet: Nanuet Mall (opened 1994, became Stern's 1995, closed 2001, now Boscov's)
- White Plains: Galleria of White Plains (opened 1980, became Stern's 1995, the Macy's 1996)
- Yorktown Heights: Jefferson Valley Mall (opened as Read's, became Jordan Marsh 1987, renamed A&S, converted to Macy's 1995)
New Jersey
- Eatontown: Monmouth Mall (became Stern's 1995, closed 2001, now Boscov's)
- Paramus: Paramus Park Mall (became Macy's 1995)
- Short Hills: Mall at Short Hills (became Macy's 1995)
- Woodbridge: Woodbridge Center (closed 1995, 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; when Strawbridge's took over the former John Wanamaker location in the adjacent Plaza at King of Prussia, the former A&S space was divided among a number of smaller tenants.)
- Willow Grove: Willow Grove Park (sold to Strawbridge's in 1988; Federated has sold this store to Boscov's, which will open in 2006)Boscov has subsequently transferred the right to buy this store to Pennsylvannia REIT which will lease a portion of the store to Boscov's. Pennsylvania REIT is also purchasing the former Strawbridge's at Cherry Hill Mall in NJ from Federated as part of this transaction.
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.