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The May Department Stores Company was an American department store holding company, formerly headquartered in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded in Leadville, Colorado, by David May in 1877, moving to St. Louis in 1905.
May Company, 1924 Source: Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special Collections. The new May Company department store opened on Public Square in 1915. Containing over 800,000 square feet of floor space, it was said to be the third largest store in the nation.
The May Department Stores Company is the second-leading upscale department store chain operator in the United States, just behind Federated Department Stores. The St. Louis-based company operates 11 department store chains and David's Bridal, the largest retailer of wedding apparel and accessories in the United States.
David May and his partners incorporated their growing number of stores as The May Department Stores Company in 1910. In 1911, the incorporated company became publicly trad ed on the New York Stock Exchange. Now the company could use “other peoples’ money” — s tockholders investment money.
Watch Us Grow: The May Company. The May Company was the last major department store to locate in downtown Cleveland. Founded in 1877 in Leadville, CO by David May (1838-1927) and his brother-in-law Moses Shoenberg and originally known as May, Holcomb & Dean, this retail establishment grew very quickly.
The May Department Stores Company was an American department store holding company, formerly headquartered in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded in Leadville, Colorado, by David May in 1877, moving to St. Louis in 1905. After many changes in the retail industry, the company merged with Federated Department Stores in 2005.
Jul 24, 2019 · May had bought its last 2 department store operations, G. Fox of Hartford and Meier & Frank of Portland, in the mid-1960s. Then the Federal Trade Commission forced Federated, May, and other big department store groups to sign consent decrees that prohibited them from buying other department stores, usually for at least ten years.
