Editing Stern's (section)

{{Short description|Department store chain in the northeast U.S.}}
{{about|the department store|other uses|Sterns (disambiguation){{!}}Sterns|and|Stern (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Stern's
| image = Aeolian Hall (1923).jpg
| image_caption = Stern's (left) next to [[Aeolian Hall (Manhattan)|Aeolian Hall]] in Manhattan
| logo = Stern's Department Store Final Logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_caption = The 1996-2001 Logo
| type = [[Department store]]
| fate = Most stores folded into [[Macy's]] <br> Other stores converted to [[Bloomingdale's]] or were liquidated
| predecessor = [[Gertz (department store)|Gertz]] (1918–1982)
| successor = Macy's (2001–present)<br>Bloomingdale's (2001–present)
| foundation = {{start date and age|1867|p=y}} (as Stern Brothers Department Store)
| defunct = {{start date and age|2001|p=y}}
| location = [[Paramus, New Jersey]]<ref>{{cite news|title = Stern's to start final sales at mall stores next week| newspaper = [[Asbury Park Press]]|location = Asbury Park, New Jersey|pages = 24|date= May 8, 2001|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-sterns-to-start-final/164471676/}}</ref>
| industry = [[Retail]]
| products = Apparel, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, gifts and housewares.
| parent = [[Allied Stores]] (1951–1992)<br>[[Macy's, Inc.|Federated Department Stores, Inc.]] (1992–closure)
}}
[[Image:Oldsterns.png|right|thumb|235px|The 1974-1985 Logo]]

'''Stern's''' was a regional [[department store]] chain serving the [[U.S. state]]s of [[New York (state)|New York]] and  [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite news|title = Federated to close Stern's, cut 2,6000 jobs in conversion| newspaper = [[Press of Atlantic City]]|location =  Atlantic City, New Jersey |pages = 43|date= February 9, 2001|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-federated-to-clos/164449858/}}</ref> The chain was in business for more than 130 years.<ref>{{cite news|title = After 134 years, retailer is history|newspaper = [[The Star-Ledger]]|location = Newark, NJ |pages = 113|date= February 9, 2001|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-after-134-years-retaile/160672317/}}</ref> 

In 2001, Stern's parent company [[Federated Department Stores]] opted to retire the Stern's brand.<ref>{{cite news|title = Stern's name disapearing| newspaper = [[The Journal News]]|location = White Plains, New York|pages = 37|date= February 9, 2001|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-sterns-name-dissapeari/164463272/}}</ref> Most of the stores were immediately converted to Stern's corporate sibling [[Macy's]], some were liquidated and reopened as [[Bloomingdale's]], and others were closed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hometextilestoday.com/industry-news/sterns-closing-puts-focus-on-macys-bloomies/|title=Stern's closing puts focus on Macy's, Bloomies|date=February 12, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title =Macy's to replace Stern's at Newport Mall|newspaper = [[The Jersey Journal]]|location =Jersey City, New Jersey|pages = A4|date =February 9, 2001|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal-macys-to-replace-ste/167477675/}}</ref>