Bluemercury is a chain of American beauty stores founded in 1999 by Marla Malcolm Beck and Barry J. Beck in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The stores sell cosmetics, as well as in-store facials and spa treatments. In addition to selling products from other brands, the company developed its own M-61 skincare line in 2012 and Lune+Aster make-up line in 2015.
104-455: The company was acquired in 2015 by Macy's , which opened in-store Bluemercury shops in its department stores, as well as expanding the number of free-standing stores. Bluemercury was founded in 1999 as an online shopping website for luxury cosmetics. The co-founders Marla Malcolm (later Marla Malcolm Beck) became CEO and Barry J. Beck became COO. However, luxury brands that Bluemercury courted were unsure whether they wanted to sell their goods on
208-597: A dry town as Bradford was. Businesses in Lawrence , Portsmouth , and Andover wanted Haverhill to be a dry town so more business would show up and increase businesses in those towns. The demand for municipal services like hospitals, schools, and a new factory downtown were in Haverhill while Bradford had none of the three. The Bradford Center of town wanted to join Haverhill but the Ward Hill section of town did not at
312-544: A Phoenix suburb, that was designed to better fit open air lifestyle malls. Additional stores with the new format have opened in Fairview, Texas ; Lee's Summit, Missouri ; and Nampa, Idaho . The stores are designed to be compact and meet current demands for more convenient shopping similar to Kohl's and newer J. C. Penney stores. Lifestyle stores feature Starbucks Coffee Cafés with wireless web and fitting rooms designed to feel like lounges with sofas and Plasma TVs. Ceilings in
416-406: A department store chain in a scripted series. Nearly two years prior to the first episode, one of the first national commercials for Macy's had aired during Desperate Housewives , shortly after the conversions of Rich's, Lazarus, Goldsmith's, The Bon Marché and Burdines. On February 27, 2007, Federated Department Stores announced plans to change its corporate name to Macy's Group, Inc. By March 28,
520-599: A deranged drainage pattern. Within close proximity of the Clinton-Newbury fault line, the bedrock topography of Haverhill is part of the Berwick Formation, consisting of metasandstone quartzite and sulfuric mica schists dating from the Silurian period. However other metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and shale are relatively common. Granite, feldspars, and other igneous silicates are also abundant. As of
624-470: A female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.11. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
728-741: A few were found "guilty" by the Court of Oyer and Terminer . One of the initial group of settlers, Tristram Coffin , ran an inn. However, he grew disenchanted with the town's stance against his strong ales, and in 1659 left Haverhill to become one of the founders of the settlement at Nantucket . Haverhill was for many years a frontier town, and was occasionally subjected to Indian raids, which were sometimes accompanied by French colonial troops from New France , in which dozens of civilians were murdered. During King William's War , Hannah Dustin became famous for killing and then scalping her native captors, who were converts to Catholicism, after being captured in
832-807: A leading position in Southern California and a dominant one in the Northern California marketplace. In early 1996 Federated dissolved Broadway Stores, incorporating the majority of its locations into Macy's West , rebadging them as Macy's and using the opportunity to retire the Bullock's name. Several of the redundant Broadway locations were used to establish Bloomingdale's on the West Coast , while many others were sold to Sears . In 2000 Macy's opened its doors in Puerto Rico ,
936-553: A license to sell china and other goods in the Macy's store. In 1902, the flagship store moved uptown to Herald Square at 34th Street and Broadway, so far north of the other main dry goods emporia that it had to offer a steam wagonette to transport customers from 14th Street to 34th Street. Although the Herald Square store initially consisted of just one building, it expanded through new construction, eventually occupying almost
1040-621: A major northern route connecting the city to Plaistow, New Hampshire . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92.3 km ), of which 33.0 square miles (85.4 km ) is land and 2.7 square miles (6.9 km ), or 7.47%, is water. The city ranks 60th in the Commonwealth in terms of land area, and is the largest city or town in Essex County. Haverhill
1144-403: A mayor–council form of government. The current mayor is Melinda Barrett, who has been mayor of Haverhill since 2024. She is the first female mayor of Haverhill, The city council has nine members, elected every two years. The most recent election was in 2023. State representation Haverhill is represented in the state legislature by officials elected from the following districts: Haverhill
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#17327831319081248-537: A nephew; and Abiel T. La Forge (1842–1878) of Wisconsin , who was the husband of a cousin. Macy died in 1877 from inflammatory kidney disease (then known as Bright's disease ). La Forge died the following year, and Valentine died in 1879. Ownership of the company remained in the Macy family until 1895, when the Straus brothers, Isidor and Nathan , acquired the company (now called "R. H. Macy & Co."). Isidor Straus and his brother Nathan Straus had previously held
1352-410: A new management team, which shut several underperforming stores, jettisoned two-thirds of the luxury I. Magnin chain, and reduced Macy's to two divisions, Macy's East and Macy's West . Macy's East , New York City was a division of Macy's, Inc. It is the operating successor to the original R.H. Macy & Co., Inc. and operates the Macy's department stores in the northeast U.S. and Puerto Rico. Over
1456-406: A new store named "R. H. Macy & Co." on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets . The location was far north of where other dry goods stores were at the time. On the company's first day of business on October 28, 1858, sales totaled $ 11.08, equal to $ 390.19 today. The branding emblem at the onset of the 1858 store was a rooster. The red star did not appear to replace it until 1862. As
1560-951: A rail crossing of the Merrimack ; two by I-495 (the first leading into Methuen), the Comeau Bridge (Railroad Avenue, which leads to the Bradford MBTA station), the Haverhill/Reading Line Railroad Bridge, the Basiliere Bridge (Rte. 125/Bridge St.), the Bates Bridge (Rtes. 97/113 to Groveland), and the Rocks Village Bridge, to West Newbury, just south of the Merrimac town line. In 2010, a project began to replace
1664-579: A reorganization of its divisions into Macy's Northeast (former Macy's New York and Macy's New Jersey), Macy's South/Bullock's (Macy's Atlanta stores plus Macy's New York's operations in Texas, Florida and Louisiana), and Macy's California, the latter including a semi-autonomous I. Magnin/Bullocks Wilshire organization. The Bullocks Wilshire stores were renamed I. Magnin in 1989. Subsequently, R. H. Macy & Co., Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 27, 1992, after which point its banks brought in
1768-703: A small house on the corner refused to sell his land. As a result, a round department store was constructed on 90 percent of the lot. The building has since been converted to the Queens Place mall, though Macy's Furniture Gallery remains in a portion as a tenant. Macy's New York began opening stores outside of its historic New York City–Long Island trade area in 1983 with a location at Aventura Mall in Aventura, Florida (a suburb of Miami), followed by several locations in Plantation, Florida (now relocated from
1872-405: A substantial renaissance of many sorts. Housing trends, combined with a rezoning by the city led by longtime Mayor James Fiorentini and the use of Federal and State brownfield's money to clean up abandoned factories, resulted in the conversion of several abandoned factories in downtown into loft apartments and condominiums . There has been a total of $ 150 million in public and private investment in
1976-419: A troubled family: in 1676 her father Michael Emerson was fined for excessive violence toward his 12-year-old daughter Elizabeth, who in 1693 was hanged for concealing the deaths of her illegitimate twin daughters; and in 1683 Hannah's sister Mary was whipped for fornication. There were never any allegations of any sort against Hannah herself. In 1708, during Queen Anne's War , the town, then about thirty homes,
2080-533: A year and cut more than 10,000 jobs. Macy's claimed it would instead invest $ 250 million in digital business and growth strategies for the remaining stores. By January 2018, Macy's had revealed the locations of 81 of the 100 store closures. In September 2016, Macy's announced that it would be opening an Apple Store in its flagship location, making it the first department store to host an Apple store. The announcement came after six straight quarters of sales drops and significant store closings. In early January 2017,
2184-649: Is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts , United States. Haverhill is located 35 miles (56 km) north of Boston on the New Hampshire border and about 17 miles (27 km) from the Atlantic Ocean . The population was 67,787 at the 2020 United States census . Located on the Merrimack River , Haverhill began as a farming community of Puritans, largely from Newbury Plantation. The land
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#17327831319082288-530: 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. It is the largest department store company by retail sales in the United States as of 2023. Macy's operates with 508 stores in
2392-527: Is bordered by Merrimac to the northeast, West Newbury and Groveland to the east, Boxford and a small portion of North Andover to the south, Methuen to the southwest, and Salem , Atkinson and Plaistow, New Hampshire , to the north. From its city center, Haverhill is 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Lawrence , 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Newburyport , 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Manchester, New Hampshire , and 32 miles (51 km) north of Boston . The overall terrain within Haverhill
2496-544: Is drained by the Little and Merrimack rivers, the latter separating the Bradford section of town from the rest of Haverhill. The highest point in the city is found on Ayers Hill, a drumlin with two knobs of almost equal elevation of at least 335 feet (102 m), according to the most recent (2011-2012) USGS 7.5-minute topographical map. The city also has several ponds and lakes, as well as three golf courses. Haverhill
2600-410: Is heavily influenced by various glacial formations. With drumlins, moraines, eskars, glacial erratics, and kettle ponds being common. Gravel mining operations are conducted along eskars and glacial deposites of readily accessible gravel. Much of the soil within Haverhill is consolidated glacial till; inceptisols with moderate pedological development being the most common, as well as spodidols seen within
2704-499: Is one of the largest department stores in the world. The flagship store covers almost an entire New York City block, features about 1.1 million square feet (100,000 m ) of retail space, includes additional space for offices and storage, and serves as the endpoint for the Thanksgiving Day parade. The value of Herald Square alone is estimated at $ 3 billion. In August 2021, WHP Global announced that Toys "R" Us
2808-533: Is opening 400+ stores within Macy's starting in 2022. In recent years, the brand has opened new stores under the "Market By Macy's" monicker. Rowland Hussey Macy opened four retail dry goods stores between 1843 and 1855. One of them was the original Macy's store in downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts ; it opened in 1851 to serve the mill industry employees of the area. They all failed, but he learned from his mistakes. Macy moved to New York City in 1858, to establish
2912-596: Is the home of the main campus of Northern Essex Community College . Until its closing in 2000, Bradford College provided liberal arts higher education in Haverhill. In 2007, it became the new home of the Zion Bible College, now called Northpoint Bible College . The University of Massachusetts Lowell has a satellite campus in Haverhill in the Harbor Place building, and also offers several courses at Northern Essex Community College. Haverhill completed
3016-474: The Dustin House , the 1704 John Ward House, the 1691 Kimball Tavern, and the historic district of Rocks Village) to the modernist 1960s architecture of the downtown Haverhill Bank. The city's Highlands district, adjacent to downtown, is a fine example of the variety of Victorian mansions built during Haverhill's boom years as a shoe manufacturing city. Throughout the 21st century, Haverhill has undergone
3120-833: The Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan area in the 1960s and 1970s as well as into Nanuet, New York (southern Rockland County), and into the Baltimore metropolitan area in the early 1980s, was renamed Macy's New Jersey in 1986. In 1986 Edward Finkelstein, Chairman & CEO of R. H. Macy & Co., Inc., led a leveraged buy-out of the company and subsequently engaged in a takeover battle for Federated Department Stores, Inc. , in 1988 that he lost to Canada's Campeau Corporation . As part of its settlement with Campeau, Macy's purchased Federated's California-based, fashion-oriented Bullock's and its high-end Bullocks Wilshire and I. Magnin divisions. It followed with
3224-755: The Jordan Marsh moniker in New England in early 1996. Federated followed that by leading a bid in mid-1995 to acquire the bankrupt Woodward & Lothrop / John Wanamaker organization in the mid-Atlantic region, a bid it lost to a rival group led by long-time rival and future acquisition target The May Department Stores Company . Instead Federated soon agreed to purchase Broadway Stores , Inc. (owner of The Broadway , Emporium and Weinstock's stores in California, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico), from its majority shareholder, Sam Zell , thereby gaining
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3328-537: The Raid on Haverhill (1697) . The city has the distinction of featuring the first statue erected in honor of a woman in the United States. In the late 19th century, it was Woolen Mill Tycoon Ezekiel J. M. Hale that commissioned a statue in her memory in Grand Army Republic Park. The statue depicts Dustin brandishing an axe. Her captivity narrative and subsequent escape and revenge upon her captors caught
3432-514: The census of 2010, there were 60,879 people, 25,576 households, and 14,865 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,846.5 inhabitants per square mile (712.9/km ). There were 23,737 housing units at an average density of 712.2 per square mile (275.0/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 88.3% White , 4.5% African American , 0.3% Native American , 1.6% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 4.30% from other races , and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino made up 14.5% of
3536-467: The poverty line , including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over. In 2019, Haverhill's violent crime rate per 100,000 inhabitants was higher than the average rate of violent crime in both the state of Massachusetts and the nation as a whole. The rate of violent crime in Haverhill has declined in the past several years, however, from a recent peak of 391 in 2017 to a low of 304 in 2020. City government Haverhill operates under
3640-715: The 1950s and 1960s, receiving considerable federal funds used to demolish much of the north side of Merrimack Street, most of the Federal homes along Water Street (dating from the city's first hundred years of development), and throughout downtown. Many of the city's iconic buildings were lost, including the Oddfellows Hall, the Old City Hall, the Second Meetinghouse, the Pentucket Club, and
3744-515: The 867 stores were Macy's, including 584 that are full line and 57 that are home, furniture, clearance and specialty stores. In November 2018, Macy's announced they would test smaller "neighborhood" stores to reduce costs and promote innovation within the customer experience realm. As of 2018, Macy's ranked 120 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue. Gennette has also launched an overhaul of Macy's stores called
3848-606: The Bates Bridge, 60 feet (18 m) downstream, with a modern bridge. The project is expected to take two to three years and cost approximately $ 45 million. MBTA Commuter Rail provides service from Boston's North Station with the Haverhill and Bradford stations on its Haverhill/Reading Line . Amtrak provides service to Portland, Maine , and Boston's North Station from the same Haverhill station. Additionally, MVRTA provides local bus service to Haverhill and beyond. The nearest small-craft airport, Lawrence Municipal Airport ,
3952-747: The Fashion Mall to the Broward Mall since the Burdines acquisition), Houston , New Orleans, and Dallas . Davison's in Atlanta was renamed Macy's Atlanta in early 1985 with the consolidation of an early incarnation of Macy's Midwest (former Taylor and Lasalle's stores in Kansas City and Toledo, respectively), but late in 1985, Macy's sold the former Midwest locations. Bamberger's , which had aggressively expanded throughout New Jersey , into
4056-458: The Growth150 strategic plan. In the second quarter of 2019, Macy's shares fell more than 13 percent. On August 14, shares hit $ 15.82, which was their lowest since February 2010. After conducting two years of research, Macy's announced in 2019 that it intended to ban the sale of fur products at its stores by the end of the 2020 fiscal year. The news follows the state of California's ban on
4160-653: The High School of Archie's Gang as the new City Hall. Urban Renewal was controversial. Several leading citizens argued to use the funds for preservation rather than demolition. Their plan was not accepted in Haverhill, which chose to demolish much of its historic downtown, including entire swaths of Merrimack Street, River Street, and Main Street. However, examples of the city's architecture, spanning nearly four centuries, abound: from early colonial houses (the White residence,
4264-508: The Merrimack River. In recent years, the city completed a rezoning of downtown proposed by Mayor Fiorentini designed to encourage artist loft live work space and educational uses for the downtown area. Despite the city's efforts, old buildings remain vacant or underutilized, such as the former Woolworth department store, which has been boarded up for over 40 years at the intersection of Main Street and Merrimack Street. The building
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4368-477: The Old Library, among others. In 1932, French residents erected a statue of Marquis de Lafayette which still stands today in the aptly named intersection called Lafayette Square. During Urban Renewal, the iconic high school—the inspiration for Bob Montana 's Archie Comics —was declared "unsound" and slated for demolition. Instead, the historic City Hall on Main Street was demolished, and city began using
4472-540: The United States. Its flagship store is located at Herald Square in the New York City borough of Manhattan . The company had 94,000 employees and an annual revenue of $ 25.3 billion as of January 2023. Macy's has conducted the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City since 1924 and has sponsored the city's annual Fourth of July fireworks display since 1976. Macy's Herald Square
4576-477: The ability to provide consumers with a convenient means to purchase iPods and other consumer electronics, saying "This is exciting because it brings most-wanted merchandise into stores in a unique new way.... How cool is that?" Today, Macy's has converted its entire Electronics section in every store to (over 400) eSpot ZoomShops . Macy's significantly increased its use of television advertising and product placement in 2006 and 2007, using branding spots that featured
4680-488: The attention of Cotton Mather , who wrote about her, and she also received from the colonial leaders a reward per Indian scalp. In recent years some have criticized Hannah Dustin since the Native American Indians she killed and scalped in order to escape were allegedly not her original captors and among the people she killed were young children. Hannah, born Hannah Emerson, is often maligned for coming from
4784-515: The business grew, Macy's expanded into neighboring buildings, opening more and more departments. The store used publicity devices such as a store Santa Claus , themed exhibits, and illuminated window displays to draw in customers. It also offered a money-back guarantee, although it accepted only cash into the 1950s. The store also produced its in-house made-to-measure clothing for both men and women, assembled in an on-site factory. In 1875, Macy took on two partners, Robert M. Valentine (1850–1879),
4888-418: The center areas are higher to be reminiscent of older department stores. The format was the culmination of 18 months of research to create stores for the "My Macy's" initiative that allows stores to be merchandised differently in markets across the country to meet local demands. On October 28, 2014 Macy's, Inc. announced an extension of the lease-operation agreement with Al Tayer Group LLC that would bring
4992-796: The chain's first location in a U.S. territory. It is located in the Plaza Las Américas mall in San Juan . In 2001 Federated dissolved its Stern's division in the New York metropolitan area, with the bulk of the stores being absorbed into Macy's East . Additionally, in July 2001, it acquired the Liberty House chain with department and specialty stores in Hawaii and Guam, consolidating it with Macy's West. In early 2003 Federated closed
5096-716: The city still retains a number of houses which served as stops on the Underground Railroad . In 1834, a branch of the American Anti-Slavery Society was organized in the city. In 1841, citizens from Haverhill petitioned Congress for dissolution of the Union, on the grounds that Northern resources were being used to maintain slavery. John Quincy Adams presented the Haverhill Petition on January 24, 1842. Even though Adams moved that
5200-477: The city. The town is crossed by five state routes, including Routes 97 , 108 , 110 , 113 and 125 . Routes 108 and 125 both have their northern termini at the New Hampshire state border, where both continue as New Hampshire state routes. Four of the five state routes, except Route 108, share at least a portion of their roadways in the town with each other. Haverhill is the site of six road crossings and
5304-490: The color of money. On January 12, 2006, Federated announced its plans to divest May Company's Lord & Taylor division by the end of 2006 before converting and closing seven stores. On June 22, 2006, Macy's announced that NDRC Equity Partners, LLC would purchase Lord & Taylor for US$ 1.2 billion (equivalent to $ 1.81 billion in 2024), and completed the sale in October 2006. By September 9, 2006, after renaming
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#17327831319085408-503: The company further announced plans to convert its stock ticker symbol from "FD" to "M", and revised its name change to Macy's, Inc . The change in corporate names was approved by shareholders on May 18, 2007, and took effect on June 1, 2007. The company continues to operate stores under the Macy's and Bloomingdale's nameplates. In March 2009, Macy's opened a one-level, 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m ) concept store in Gilbert, Arizona,
5512-697: The company opened its 100th store, in Savannah, Georgia . At 2,400 square feet, it was their first entry into a larger store-size retail format. In 2017, the company opened a 2,700 square-foot flagship store in Manhattan, its 145th store. Bluemercury opened its own cosmetics design laboratory, M-61 Laboratories, in 2006. In 2015, the company launched Lune+Aster. The company's cosmetics are not tested on animals; are paraben-free and phthalate -free; and most are vitamin-infused, vegan , and gluten -free. Macy%27s Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co. )
5616-459: The coniferous forests local to the area. Various fluvial deposits can be seen surrounding the river banks of the Merrimack and its tributaries. The river systems within Haverhill have also been heavily altered by glacial activity, with drainage patterns being inconsistent and variable. Because of this inconsistency, and examples of each drainage pattern in some capacity being observable, streams and rivers within Haverhill would be classified as having
5720-511: The early morning hours of February 17, 1882, a massive fire destroyed much of the city's mill section, in a blaze that encompassed over 10 acres (4.0 ha). Firefighting efforts were hampered by not only the primitive fire fighting equipment of the period, but also high winds and freezing temperatures. The nearby water source—the Merrimack River—was frozen, and hoses dropped through the ice tended to freeze as well. A New York Times report
5824-493: The end of 2021, JANA had reduced their holding in Macy's by 84%, or about 1.5% of the company. In August 2021, Macy's announced they were partnering with Toys "R" Us to open toy shops in Macy's stores, starting in 2022. In November 2021, Macy's announced they were starting a free education program and boosting its corporation base salary to $ 15 per hour. In February 2023, Macy's said they would no longer sell leather goods made of exotic skins, such as reptiles or ostriches. On
5928-422: The entire block bounded by Seventh Avenue on the west, Broadway on the east, 34th Street on the south and 35th Street on the north, with the exception of a small pre-existing building on the corner of 35th Street and Seventh Avenue and another on the corner of 34th Street and Broadway. This latter 5-story building was purchased by Robert H. Smith in 1900 for $ 375,000 (equivalent to $ 13.7 million in 2024) with
6032-778: The first Bloomingdale's stores in Atlanta. The company rapidly followed suit in May 2003 with similar rebranding announcements for its other nameplates, Burdines in Florida, Goldsmith's in Memphis , Lazarus in the lower Midwest, and The Bon Marché in the Pacific Northwest. On March 6, 2005, the Bon-Macy's , Burdines-Macy's , Goldsmith's-Macy's , Lazarus-Macy's , and Rich's–Macy's stores were renamed as simply "Macy's",
6136-472: The first Macy's store overseas to Abu Dhabi , anchoring a new mall with its corporate-sister Bloomingdale's , which will open its second overseas store (the first was located at The Dubai Mall ); both are slated to open in 2018. Macy's was the 15th-largest retailer in the United States for 2014 by revenue . In January 2015, it was announced that Macy's would close 14 stores nationwide and shift 830 workers from Macy's and Bloomingdale's stores. Unrelated to
6240-604: The first two as the new Macy's West and Macy's Florida divisions respectively and the later three as part of the Macy's Central division. As of July 2005, Macy's had 424 stores throughout the U.S. On February 28, 2005, Federated agreed to terms of a deal to acquire The May Department Stores Company for $ 11 billion (equivalent to $ 17.2 billion in 2024) in stock, creating the nation's second largest department store chain with $ 30 billion (equivalent to $ 46.8 billion in 2024) in annual sales and more than 1,000 stores. On July 28, 2005, Federated announced, based on
6344-519: The first, three in California and one in Houston, were launched in 2016. As of October 29, 2022, there are 20 Macy's locations that feature a Bluemercury store-within-store. Bluemercury stores are designed to be small, drugstore-like shops near residential and business areas. Each store location has a spa and provides other services. The stores' collection of brands includes SkinCeuticals, Nars , Bobbi Brown , and Laura Mercier , among others. In 2016,
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#17327831319086448-742: The former May Company stores, Macy's operated approximately 850 stores in the United States. To promote its largest and most recent expansion, Macy's used a version of the Martha and the Vandellas hit song, " Dancing in the Street ", in its advertising. Also, the company took props from its annual Thanksgiving Day parade to various re-labeled stores throughout the nation, in what the company marketed as its "Parade on Parade". In October 2006, Federated Department Stores entered into an agreement with Zoom Systems to test more than 100 stores within retail giant Macy's. Terry Lundgren, CEO of Federated, raved about
6552-416: The growth and agriculture thereof and the temper and disposition of the inhabitants toward the new government," according to Washington. The Bradford Academy was established in 1803. It began as a co-educational institution, then became women-only in 1836. In 1826, influenza struck. A temperance society was formed in 1828. Haverhill residents were early advocates for the abolition of slavery , and
6656-412: The historical record and it is not clear whether they were at liberty to sell the land, or indeed whether they had a shared understanding of what such a contract would entail. Settlers Thomas Hale, Henry Palmer, Thomas Davis, James Davis and William White were Pentuckett's first selectmen . First Court appointments given to end small causes were given to Robert Clements, Henry Palmer, and Thomas Hale. At
6760-549: The holiday season in 2015. The company announced that it experienced same store sales declines of 5.2% in November and December 2015 – typically busy months. In January 2016, Macy's announced that it will layoff up to 4,800 employees. The company said that these closings would experience cost savings of $ 400 million. As of January 2016, Macy's had 770 stores in total. On August 11, 2016, Macy's announced that it would close 100 stores in early 2017, expecting to save $ 550 million
6864-465: The idea of getting in the way of Macy's becoming the largest store in the world: it is largely supposed that Smith, who was a neighbor of the Macy's store on 14th Street, was acting on behalf of Siegel-Cooper , which had built what they thought was the world's largest store on Sixth Avenue in 1896. Macy's ignored the tactic, and simply built around the building, which now carries Macy's "shopping bag" sign by lease arrangement. In 1912, Isidor Straus died in
6968-476: The independent town of Groveland . When Haverhill became a city in 1870, there were calls for Bradford to be annexed. This would go on for another 26 years. Neither town agreed to a plan, until in late 1896, the vote came up and both sides agreed to join. There were many reasons for the decision. Finances played a part into the annexation; a lot of people who lived in Bradford had businesses in Haverhill and wanted lower taxes. Traditionalists wanted Haverhill to be
7072-514: The internet, while consumers were not accustomed to buying cosmetics without trying them first. The couple found two struggling independent beauty boutiques in Georgetown and Dupont Circle called EFX, which they used to help fill their online orders. They bought and rebranded the stores "Bluemercury," converting them to their developing concept, a neighborhood store offering beauty products, personalized advice and samples. By 2006, Bluemercury
7176-485: The majority of its historic Davison's franchise in Atlanta (operating as Macy's since 1985), rebranding its other Atlanta division Rich's with the unwieldy name, Rich's–Macy's. The downtown location – formerly the Davison's flagship store at 180 Peachtree Street – was shuttered at this time as well. The original Macy's Lenox Square and Perimeter Mall locations were extensively remodeled and opened in October 2003 as
7280-412: The manufacturing and sale of such items. In 2020, Macy's closed its Cincinnati headquarters, consolidating headquarters operations in New York City. JANA Partners , an activist investment firm, disclosed a large stake in Macy's in 2021, and sent a letter to the board recommending spinning off the company's online business. In response, Macy's hired AlixPartners to review their business structure. By
7384-419: The merger by federal regulators. The rebranding of the May stores was disliked in Chicago and elsewhere because the stores were regarded as beloved local institutions. The renaming of Filene's, Marshall Field's, and Kaufmann's, which were well known for their downtown flagship stores and local traditions provoked the most outrage. For example, Kaufmann's operated the Kaufmann's Celebrate the Season Parade which
7488-478: The morning of December 4, 2023, a stabbing occurred at Macy's Flagship store in Philadelphia, killing 27-year-old security guard Eric Harrison. In January 2024, Macy's rejected a $ 5 billion takeover from Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the company. Haverhill, Massachusetts Haverhill ( / ˈ h eɪ v r ɪ l / HAY -vril )
7592-424: The new Macy's star logo. Macy's television commercials are produced primarily by New York Production Services , a New York-based commercial and independent film production company. During two episodes of the popular ABC television series Desperate Housewives (" I Remember That " and " Now You Know "), a Macy's location in the fictional city of Fairview was featured, rare instances of product placement promoting
7696-410: The newer buildings were increasingly Art Deco in style. In 2012, Macy's began the first full renovation of the iconic Herald Square flagship store at a reported cost of $ 400 million. Studio V Architecture , a New York-based firm, was the overall Master Plan architect of the project. Studio V's design raised controversy over the nature of contemporary design and authentic restoration. The building
7800-511: The next day established the damage at 300 businesses destroyed and damage worth approximately $ 2M (in 1882 dollars). Bradford fits naturally into Haverhill but they were separate towns until January 1, 1897, when Bradford joined the City of Haverhill. Bradford was originally the western part of Rowley until it split from Old Rowley in 1672. In 1850, the East part of Bradford left and was founded as
7904-490: The old factory district area. Additionally, the Washington Street area gained new dining and entertainment spots, with federal, state and local funds contributing to removing an abandoned gas station on Granite Street. The site was cleaned up and converted into a 350-space parking garage. The city was also able to obtain federal, state and local money to put in a new boardwalk and boat docks in the downtown area aside
8008-474: The petition be answered in the negative, an attempt was made to censure him for even presenting the petition. In addition, poet and outspoken abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier was from Haverhill. The Haverhill and Boston Stage Coach company operated from 1818 to 1837 when the railroad was extended to Haverhill from Andover. It then changed its name and routes to the Northern and Eastern Stage company. It
8112-451: The population (5.8% Puerto Rican , 4.6% Dominican , 0.9% Mexican , 0.5% Guatemalan , 0.3% Salvadoran , 0.3% Colombian , 0.2% Cuban ). 16.8% were of Irish , 14.6% Italian , 10.1% French , 9.0% English , 7.8% French Canadian and 6.3% American ancestry according to Census 2000 . There were 22,976 households, out of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples living together, 13.4% had
8216-623: The reconstruction of the Hunking middle school in the Bradford part of the city. Haverhill is also home to the historic Walnut Square School, first built in 1898 at a cost of $ 30,000 (~$ 938,133 in 2023). The school's tower clock was created by Mr. Edward Howard, a famous clock maker of the 1890s, at a cost of $ 1,300. Public schools in the city are operated by the Haverhill Public Schools District. Haverhill lies along Interstate 495 , which has five exits throughout
8320-532: The remainder of the I. Magnin chain, converting several to Macy's or Bullock's and selling four in Carmel , Beverly Hills , San Diego and Phoenix to Saks Fifth Avenue . Federated also merged its Abraham & Straus / Jordan Marsh division with the new "Macy's East" organization based in New York, renaming the Abraham & Straus stores in metropolitan New York with the Macy's nameplate in 1995, and then erasing
8424-462: The rescue when fire destroyed the operation in 1845. He rebuilt the mill at Hale's Falls, now more than twice as large produced nearly three times the output. Ezekiel JM Hale became Haverhill's Tycoon. EJM Hale served a term in the State Senate and was much revered in the area. Hale donated large sums of money to build the hospital and library. Haverhill was incorporated as a city in 1870. In
8528-465: The same court, it was John Osgood and Thomas Hale that were also appointed to lay the way from Haverhill to Andover. It is said that these early settlers worshipped under a large oak tree, known as the "Worshipping Oak". The town was renamed for the English town of Haverhill, Suffolk , in deference to the birthplace of the settlement's first pastor, Rev. John Ward. The original Haverhill settlement
8632-589: The sinking of the Titanic at the age of 67 with his wife, Ida. The original Broadway store was designed by architects De Lemos & Cordes , was built in 1901–02 by the Fuller Company and has a Palladian facade, but has been updated in many details. There were further additions to the west in 1924 and 1928, and the Seventh Avenue building in 1931, all designed by architect Robert D. Kohn ,
8736-423: The small Macy's North division. In May 1993, Macy's announced the planned fall 1994 launch of TV Macy's, the retailer's own home shopping channel, in conjunction with Don Hewitt , Thomas Leahy and Cablevision . R. H. Macy & Co. merged with Federated Department Stores on December 19, 1994. Following the merger, the reorganized Macy's moved its headquarters to Cincinnati , Ohio. Federated promptly shut down
8840-639: The store closings, on July 13, 2015, Macy's announced it had sold the former flagship store of Kaufmann's in Downtown Pittsburgh for redevelopment, closing the location after 128 years. In May 2015, Macy's joined the new American Express -backed Plenti rewards card, which it shares with AT&T Mobility , Direct Energy , Enterprise Rent-A-Car , ExxonMobil , Hulu , Nationwide Insurance , and Rite Aid . On September 9, 2015, Macy's announced it would close 35 to 40 under-performing stores by early 2016. The retailer's struggles continued into
8944-605: The success of converting its own regional brands to the Macy's name, its plans to similarly convert 330 regional department stores owned by the May Company (as May Department Stores was generally referred to) to the Macy's nameplate. This included May's Marshall Field's (which had just been purchased by the May Company from Target in 2004), Kaufmann's , Famous-Barr , Filene's , Foley's , Hecht's , The Jones Store , L. S. Ayres , Meier & Frank , Robinsons-May , and Strawbridge & Clothier chains, pending approval of
9048-433: The time since it was a substantial distance from both Bradford and Haverhill. Finally, another reason why Haverhill wanted to annex Bradford was to return the town to majority English instead of the plurality of Irish , French Canadians and Central Europeans ( Hungarians , Slovaks , Germans , and Italians ) it had become with the influx of mill workers. Haverhill gladly approved with the first ballot in 1870 and Bradford
9152-612: The value of Macy's shares fell 14%, its biggest drop in seven months. In February 2017, the Hudson's Bay Company made an overture to Macy's for a potential takeover of the struggling department store. Macy's acquired experiential concept Story in May 2018 and made a minority investment in b8ta, a retail as a service concept, in June 2018. By February 2019, Macy's Inc. was operating 867 stores, including Macy's, Backstage, Bloomingdale's, Bloomingdale's Outlets, Bluemercury, and STORY; 641 of
9256-629: The years it has been known as Macy's New York and Macy's Northeast . On February 1, 2006, Macy's East assumed operating control over the Filene's , Strawbridge's , many of the Kaufmann's stores in upstate New York and the Hecht's stores in Pennsylvania , Maryland , D.C. and northern Virginia. These locations assumed the Macy's moniker officially on September 9, 2006. In 2008 Macy's East took over
9360-406: Was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 49,833, and the median income for a family was $ 59,772. Males had a median income of $ 41,197 versus $ 31,779 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 23,280. About 7.0% of families and 9.1% of the population were below
9464-403: Was Ezekiel Hale Jr. and son Ezekiel James Madison Hale (descendants of Thomas Hale) that gave Haverhill a great head of steam. It was in the summer of 1835, the brick factory on Winter St. was erected by Ezekiel Hale Jr. and son. It was intended to run woolen flannel at a whopping 600 yards (550 m) of flannel per day. It was Ezekiel JM Hale, age 21 and graduate of Dartmouth College that came to
9568-763: Was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark in 1978. Macy's opened their first branch store outside their 34th Street location in the Parkchester development in The Bronx, on October 13, 1941. The company also acquired local department store chains across the country, including Lasalle & Koch ( Toledo , 1923), Davison-Paxon-Stokes ( Atlanta , 1929), L. Bamberger & Co. ( Newark , 1929), O'Connor Moffat & Company (San Francisco, 1945) and John Taylor Dry Goods Co. ( Kansas City , 1947). O'Connor Moffat
9672-504: Was chosen to preside over the Salem witch trials in the 17th century; however, he found the trials objectionable and recused himself. Historians cite his reluctance to participate in the trials as one of the reasons that the witch hysteria did not take as deep a root in Haverhill as it did in the neighboring town of Andover , which had among the most victims of the trials. However, a number of women from Haverhill were accused of witchcraft, and
9776-522: Was eventually purchased, with plans put into place to renovate and repurpose the site; however, this never actually happened. On March 19, 2015, the Woolworth building was demolished to make way for a $ 68 million (~$ 85.5 million in 2023) development. In 2018, it was announced that the mayor's administration was successful in acquiring $ 13 million (~$ 15.5 million in 2023) in state funding to go towards increasing pedestrian safety on North Avenue,
9880-424: Was founded in 1640 by settlers from Newbury , and was originally known as Pentuckett, which is for "place of the winding river". Settlers such as John Ward, Robert Clements, Tristram Coffin, Hugh Sheratt, William White, and Thomas Davis aided in the purchase of Pentuckett. The land was sold by Passaquo and Saggahew who claimed to have permission from Passaconaway , though nothing more is known of these two figures in
9984-513: Was generating $ 17 million in annual revenue and operated 12 stores. In June 2006, the Becks sold a stake in the company to the private-equity firm Invus Group. In July 2021, Maly Bernstein was announced as new CEO effective September 2021. The Becks sold the company to Macy's Inc. for $ 210 million in 2015, while retaining their positions as CEO and COO. Macy's added Bluemercury stores, called "shop-in-shops", inside some of its own department stores;
10088-578: Was home to a significant shoe-making industry for many decades. By the end of 1913, one tenth of the shoes produced in the United States were made in Haverhill, and because of this the town was known during the time as the "Queen Slipper City". Haverhill has played a role in nearly every era of American history, from the initial colonial settlement, to the French and Indian Wars , and the American Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The town
10192-583: Was located around the corner of Water Street and Mill Street, near the Linwood Cemetery and Burying Ground. The home of the city's father, William White, still stands, although it was expanded and renovated in the 17th and 18th centuries. White's Corner (Merrimack Street and Main Street) was named for his family, as was the White Fund at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts . Judge Nathaniel Saltonstall
10296-430: Was no more starting January 1, 1897. Bradford remains the only town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to be annexed to a neighboring city other than Boston . Haverhill became the first American city with a socialist mayor in 1898 when it elected former shoe factory worker and cooperative grocery store clerk John C. Chase . Chase was re-elected to this position in 1899 but was defeated the following year. Haverhill
10400-596: Was officially purchased from the Pentuckets on November 15, 1642 (one year after incorporation) for three pounds, ten shillings. Pentucket was renamed Haverhill (after the Ward family's hometown in England) and evolved into an important industrial center, beginning with sawmills and gristmills run by water power. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Haverhill developed woolen mills, tanneries, shipping and shipbuilding. The town
10504-516: Was raided by a party of French, Algonquin and Abenaki Indians. Like most towns, Haverhill has been struck by several epidemics . Diphtheria killed 256 children in Haverhill between November 17, 1735, and December 31, 1737. George Washington visited Haverhill on November 4, 1789. This tour was part of "A tour through the Eastern states in order to acquire knowledge of the face of the Country,
10608-680: Was renamed Macy's San Francisco in 1947, later becoming Macy's California, and John Taylor was renamed Macy's Missouri-Kansas in 1949. Stores in Toledo retained the Lasalle's name until 1981, joining the Missouri-Kansas stores to become Macy's Midwest. The Toledo stores were sold to Elder-Beerman in 1986. In 1965, Macy's opened a large branch store on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst , in the New York City borough of Queens . The owner of
10712-404: Was the site of a riot in 1915 as well as the eponymous Haverhill fever , also known as rat-bite fever , in 1926. In the early part of the 20th century, the manufacturing base in the city came under pressure as a result of lower priced imports from abroad. The Great Depression exacerbated the economic slump, and as a result city leaders enthusiastically embraced the concept of urban renewal in
10816-487: Was traditionally broadcast live throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on television. Many customers publicly vowed to never again shop at the renamed May stores and to switch to competitors. Prominent film critic Roger Ebert voiced the grief of many Chicagoans at the loss of Field's when he wrote in his column on September 21, 2005: I thought the day would never come. I am looking at my Field's charge card, which I have cut up into tiny pieces. They look like little tears
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