Strawbridge's
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| Industry | Retail |
|---|---|
| Fate | Acquired by Macy's |
| Successor | Macy's |
| Founded | 1868 (as Strawbridge & Clothier) |
| Defunct | 2006 |
| Headquarters | 8th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Products | Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. |
| Parent |
May Department Stores (1998-2005) Federated Department Stores (2005-2006) |
| Website | Official website (2004 archive) at the Wayback Machine (archive index) |
Strawbridge's, formerly Strawbridge & Clothier, was a department store in the northeastern United States, with stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. In its day a gracious urban emporium, the downtown Philadelphia flagship store added branch stores starting in the 1930s, and together they enjoyed annual sales of over a billion dollars by their zenith in the 1980s. By the 1990s Strawbridge's found itself part of May Department Stores until that company's August 30, 2005, acquisition by Macy's Inc. May had operated it under its Arlington County, Virginia-based Hecht's division. It was announced March 10, 2006, that the store would be closed on June 1, 2006, but it actually shut its doors on May 23, 2006.
On February 1, 2006, the former May Company divisions were dissolved and operating control of the Strawbridge's stores was assumed by Macy's East. On September 9, 2006, the Strawbridge's and Hecht's nameplates were completely phased out in favor of Macy's.
Strawbridge & Clothier began as a dry goods store founded by Quakers Justus Clayton Strawbridge (1838–1911) and Isaac Hallowell Clothier (1837–1921) in Philadelphia in 1868. Strawbridge & Clothier purchased the 3-story brick building on the northwest corner of Market and 8th Streets in Center City Philadelphia that had been Thomas Jefferson's office from 1790 to 1793 while he served as Secretary of State, and opened their first store. They soon replaced the old building with one of 5-stories, and then expanded into neighboring buildings as well.
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