from its founding until 1947, and thereafter, served as board chairman until his death. served as president of Federated Department Stores, Inc.
(1884–1973) Lazarus plaqueįred Lazarus Jr. Those who worked at Lazarus were not called employees, but associates.įred Lazarus Jr. successfully lobbied President Franklin Roosevelt to permanently fix Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday in November, ensuring a stable timetable for the official beginning of the Christmas shopping season. Lazarus developed or was an early adopter of many shopping innovations such as "one low price" (no bargaining necessary, earlier implemented by the John Wanamaker Store ), first department store escalators in the country, first air-conditioned store in the country, and Fred Lazarus Jr. Bloomingdale Brothers joined the company in 1930.
The company acquired the John Shillito Company of Cincinnati in 1928 (established in 1830), and a year later, was one of the four founding members of Federated Department Stores (along with Williams Filene's Sons Co. (1850–1917) and Ralph Lazarus (1852–1903) joined the business and added many innovative marketing techniques. By 1870, with improvements to the industry in the mass manufacture of men's uniforms for the Civil War, the family business expanded to include ready-made men's civilian clothing, and eventually, a complete line of merchandise. (formerly Federated Department Stores).įamily patriarch Simon Lazarus (1808–1877) opened a one-room men's clothing store in downtown Columbus in 1851. See also: Lazarus Building Beginnings Simon Lazarus, founder of what was to become The F&R Lazarus & Co., which blossomed into Macy's, Inc.
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