How was the department store Macys started?

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How was the department store Macys started?

being a macy myself i would really like to know how it was started

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: There is an interesting and pretty extensive Wikipedia article on this. From that article:

"Macy's was founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. Macy had established a dry goods store in downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1851. He moved to New York City and established a new store named "R.H. Macy & Company" on the corner of 14th Street and 6th Avenue, later moving to 18th Street and Broadway, on the "Ladies' Mile", the 19th century elite shopping district, where it remained for nearly forty years."

For more information you can check out the full page here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/macys...