R.H. Macy and Co., Inc. - 1919 Specimen Stock Certificate

Specimen Stock printed by Security-Columbian Banknote Company. Please specify color.

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. It is the largest department store company by retail sales in the United States as of 2015. Macy's operates with 508 stores in 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 25.3B 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 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 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 is opening 400+ stores within Macy's starting in 2022. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy%27s