department store industry retail fate acquired by macy s 1 founded 1900 defunct 2006 headquarters houston texas products clothing footwear bedding furniture jewelry beauty products housewares parent federated department stores inc 1947 1988 2005 2006 the may department stores company 1988 2005 website archived official website at the wayback machine foley s was a chain of department stores owned by may department stores and headquartered in downtown houston texas . as of august 30 2005 the division was dissolved and operation of the stores was assumed by federated s macy s west and macy s south divisions . foley s operated stores in texas colorado louisiana arizona oklahoma and new mexico . on september 9 2006 foley s and all the regional may co. stores names were phased out and rebranded as macy s. contents 1 history 2 timeline 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit this company was founded in houston texas in 1900 as foley brothers . it was originally acquired by federated department stores inc. in 1947 . citation needed in the 1970s foley s opened stores in austin and in the 1980s opened in san antonio . by 1987 foley s absorbed federated s dallas based sanger harris chain with stores in the dallas fort worth metroplex ; oklahoma city oklahoma ; tulsa oklahoma ; tucson arizona ; and albuquerque new mexico . citation needed in 1988 federated was purchased by real estate developer campeau corporation which immediately sold foley s along with filene s to may department stores to finance its deal . 2 in two years federated filed for bankruptcy disassociated itself from campeau and merged with campeau s other retail holding company allied stores . after its acquisition by may company foley s closed several stores in dallas it considered underperforming including the downtown dallas flagship store and its albuquerque n.m. location while also taking over two lord & taylor stores one under construction in oklahoma city and the other at san antonio s rivercenter . foley s now macy s at northpark center in dallas . over the next decade may spent heavily to build new stores replace outdated stores and refurbish existing stores . in 1993 may department stores consolidated may daniels & fisher into foley s which brought foley s to the denver aurora colorado springs boulder and fort collins loveland markets and re introduced foley s to the albuquerque market . on february 2 1997 the 2 arizona locations both in pima county were transferred to may s robinsons may division . 3 in 2001 foley s expanded into louisiana after may co. acquired several maison blanche locations that had become parisian stores from proffitt s now saks incorporated . foley s was re acquired by federated when it took over may department stores on august 30 2005 . in 2006 federated started the conversion of foley s into macy s. soon advertisements started to read foley s now part of the macy s family . on september 9 2006 the foley s stores were renamed macy s as part of federated s nationwide rebranding of all former may locations . citation needed in 2005 federated announced that it would close foley s 1 200 employee headquarters in downtown houston . 4 the former downtown houston foley s store was demolished on sunday september 22 2013 . 5 timeline edit 1900 foley brothers was opened by brothers pat and james foley two young and enterprising irishmen on february 12 with 2000 borrowed from an uncle . the 1 400 square foot 130 m2 store located at 507 main street in houston texas was stocked with calico linen lace pins needles and men s furnishings . 1905 with business booming pat and james purchased the building next door and added ready to wear clothing for women and children as well as millinery . 1911 the store moved to the 400th block of main street and was incorporated with capital of 150 000 . 1916 foley brothers ranked third in retail volume in houston with 400 000 in sales . the original 10 employees had grown to 150 and the company had 750 active charge accounts and 23 000 square feet 2 100 m2 of space . 1917 pat and james sold foley brothers to george s. cohen and george s father robert a galveston merchant . foley bros. grew tremendously under this new management and by 1919 sales neared 1 000 000 . 1922 foley bros. moved into a three story building next door to 400 main street . later that year the store became the city s largest department store . shoes a beauty shop and radio sets were included . 1941 when the united states entered world war ii foley bros. diverted the efforts of the advertising and personnel departments to bond drives and other wartime services . all sales promotions were suspended during this time . 1945 federated department stores president fred lazarus jr. came to houston to visit his son who was stationed at a nearby army camp . mr. lazarus discovered that foley bros. was for sale and bought it . 1947 now part of federated foley s opened its doors at 1110 main street on october 20 in downtown houston . 6 federated spent 13 million to build this new store which was heralded by the press as the nation s most modern department store . 1951 the first official foley s thanksgiving day parade was held . 1960 1967 sharpstown foley s first branch store opened . pasadena almeda genoa and northwest stores soon followed . 1971 1979 memorial city and greenspoint opened in houston and highland mall opened in austin . 1980 1987 san jacinto north star willowbrook barton creek west oaks ingram park deerbrook post oak college station and padre staples opened . 1988 the may department stores company acquired foley s in houston and filene s in boston from federated . 1993 the may d & f division in colorado and new mexico was consolidated with foley s creating a 49 store division that was the largest in may company . 1994 1998 mall of mainland temple woodlands northwest austin sugar land northwest albuquerque laredo and park meadows opened . fort collins reopened after extensive remodeling . purchased jones & jones in mcallen texas and converted to foley s. 2000 2004 northpark broomfield hurst baybrook mall beaumont cielo vista houston galleria lake charles denton and sunland opened . foley s acquired one mcrae s store and two parisian stores in louisiana . cortana and the mall of louisiana in baton rouge and acadiana in lafayette joined foley s. memorial city and baybrook reopened in new buildings . 2004 the may department stores company acquired marshall field s which was headquartered in minneapolis minn. may s seven divisions now included foley s filene s robinsons may famous barr hecht s lord & taylor and marshall field s. 2005 la cantera garland and loveland opened . may and federated department stores inc. announced plans to merge . the transaction closed in the third quarter . 2006 on february 1 2006 the foley s organization in houston was dissolved and operation of its locations in louisiana oklahoma and texas except el paso were assumed by atlanta based macy s south while operation of locations in arizona colorado new mexico and el paso texas were assumed by san francisco based macy s west . on september 9 2006 the foley s nameplate was replaced as part of the macy s nationwide rebranding of all former may company locations . see also edit houston portal companies portal list of defunct department stores of the united states references edit houston chronicle foley s begins to fade as macy s steps up . retrieved 2009 01 31 . bivins ralph . houston s foley s sold to may chain . houston chronicle . wednesday may 4 1988 . business section 1 . http tucsoncitizen.com morgue2 1996 12 09 225137 street talk colley jenna . federated to cut jobs at foley s distribution center . houston business journal . friday april 14 2006 . retrieved on october 20 2009 . wang yang . macy s building comes down with a bang . houston chronicle . september 22 2013 . retrieved on september 24 2013 . gba 2005 foley s external links edit foley s archive v t e store acquisitions macy s and predecessors 2006 famous barr the jones store the famous clothing store 1911 the william barr dry goods co. 1911 the jones store added to division in 1998 filene s steiger s 1994 g. fox & co. 1993 foley s maison blanche 1998 may d & f 1993 sanger harris 1987 hecht s strawbridge s castner knott 1998 wanamaker s 1995 woodward & lothrop 1995 hess s 1994 thalhimers 1992 miller & rhoads 1990 strawbridge s added to division in 1996 kaufmann s hess s 1995 mccurdy s 1994 may company ohio 1992 sibley s 1991 strouss 1986 marshall field s dayton s 2001 hudson s 2001 robinsons may meier & frank may company california 1993 j. w. robinson s 1993 goldwater s 1989 to may company california j. w. robinson s and may d & f meier & frank added to division in 2002 ; zions cooperative mercantile institution 2001 to meier & frank l. s. ayres kaufman straus 1969 pogue s 1983 stewart dry goods 1985 2005 lazarus horne s 1994 block s 1987 herpolsheimer s 1987 shillito rike s 1986 burdines maas brothers 1991 jordan marsh florida 1991 other regional stores the bon march goldsmith s rich s 1996 2001 bullock s 1996 the emporium 1996 the broadway 1996 jordan marsh 1996 weinstock s 1996 liberty house 2001 stern s 2001 1947 1995 o connor moffat & co. 1947 john taylor dry goods co. 1949 lasalle & koch 1984 bamberger s 1986 davison s 1986 abraham & straus 1995 see also allied stores associated dry goods the may department stores company macy s inc. retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title foley % 27s & oldid 743465524 categories clothing retailers of the united statescompanies based in houstoncompanies established in 1900defunct companies based in texasdefunct department stores of the united statesmacy sretail companies disestablished in 20061900 establishments in texashidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2009articles with unsourced statements from october 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