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Macy'S, Inc.

A department-store chain running hundreds of stores and online shops under three brands: Macy's for mid-to-higher-income shoppers, upscale Bloomingdale's, and premium beauty-and-spa Bluemercury. Founded in New York in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy, its red-star logo came from a tattoo the young Quaker sailor got aboard a whaling ship. It also lends its name to the Thanksgiving Day Parade, which began in 1924.