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Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. (August 30, 1822 – March 29, 1877) was an American businessman who founded the department store chain Macy's.
Macy’s department store, founded by Nantucket native Rowland Hussey Macy, was the first modern department store in the United States, and, at one point, the world’s largest. It was also among the first to employ a female executive, something that’s still rare in retail today.
Dec 18, 2023 · Rowland Hussey Macy, born on August 30, 1822, on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, was a pioneer in American retail. He was the fourth child in a Quaker family and grew up in an environment rich with maritime traditions.
Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. It has been a sister brand to the Bloomingdale's department store chain since being acquired by holding company Federated Department Stores in 1994, which renamed itself Macy's, Inc. in 2007.
When Rowland Hussey Macy was born on 30 August 1822, in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John C Macy, was 36 and his mother, Eliza Myrick, was 32. He married Louisa Houghton on 29 August 1844, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
But few enterprises reflect their creator’s inventive spirit, perseverance and willingness to learn from past mistakes as much as R.H. Macy & Co., founded by Rowland Hussey Macy.
Sep 23, 2017 · The iconic red star emblazoned on Macy’s storefronts across the U.S. can be traced back to the store’s founder, Rowland Hussey Macy, a Nantucket native who went to sea as a sailor before ...
