Editing Stern's (section)

==Chronology==
[[File:Jaguarkappe (3).jpg|thumb|Stern Brothers label in a women's jaguar cap (c. 1975)]]
* 1867: Stern Brothers' Department Store is founded in Buffalo, New York. by the Stern brothers, recent immigrants from [[Ziegenhain]], ([[Schwalm-Eder-Kreis]]), [[Germany]].
* 1867: Stern Brothers relocates to New York City and operates a one-room store at 367 Sixth Avenue.
* 1877: Moves to larger quarters at 111 West 23rd Street.
* 1878: Erected its 23rd Street flagship, noted for its cast-iron facade.
* 1913: New flagship erected near Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.
* 1914: Arthur D. Brandeis joins firm as Senior Vice President.
* 1922: Louis Stern, founder dies in Paris while visiting his daughter.
* 1925: Company fell out of family hands, and common stock was issued by a new owner, a banking conglomerate.
* 1951: Stern Brothers is acquired by [[Allied Stores Corporation]].<ref>{{cite news|title = A Farewell To Stern's| newspaper = [[Newsday]]|location = Melville, New York|pages = 30|date= July 13, 2001|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-a-farewell-to/160693880/}}</ref>
* 1969: Flagship store on 42nd Street is closed, [[Bergen Mall]] location designated new headquarters and flagship.
* 1982: Allied Stores Corporation's [[Gertz (department store)|Gertz]] division on [[Long Island]] was merged into Stern's which by then operated primarily in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news|title = All Gertz Stores To Become 'Stern's'| newspaper = [[Newsday]]|location = New York City|pages = 4|date= November 2, 1982|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-all-gertz-stores-to-become-ster/167233121/}}</ref>
* 1986: Stern's acquires several stores from [[Gimbels]], and enters the [[Philadelphia]] market.<ref>{{cite news|title =New York firm to buy most of area's Gimbel's| newspaper = [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|location = Philadelphia|pages = 10–A|date= June 18, 1986|url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-new-york-firm/162866551/}}</ref>
* 1986: [[Campeau Corporation]] acquires Allied.<ref>{{cite news|title = Sign Recovery| newspaper = [[Newsday]]|location = Hempstead, New York|pages = 28|date= October 12, 1992|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-sign-recovery/160692610/}}</ref>
* 1988: Campeau acquires [[Federated Department Stores]] (FDS).<ref>{{cite news|title = Campeau ignored red flags| newspaper = [[The Morning Call]]|location = Allentown, Pennsylvania|pages = 21|date= March 25, 1990|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-campeau-ignored-red-fla/160699651/}}</ref> Beginning of Allied/FDS "tandem" operations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/florida-today-campeaus-money-woes/163956243/ |title=Campeau's money woes |newspaper=[[Florida Today]] |date=January 16, 1990}}</ref> Five of the seven locations in the Philadelphia market are closed (all former [[Gimbels]]).<ref>{{cite news|title = Campeau To Shit Down Stern's Outlets| newspaper = [[The Tyler Courier-Times]]|location = Tyler, Texas|pages = 43|date= October 2, 1988|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tyler-courier-times-campeau-to-shit/162338284/}}</ref> 
* 1992: Remaining 2 locations in the Philadelphia market are closed.<ref>{{cite news|title =Shoppers say 'buy' to Stern's| newspaper = [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|location = Philadelphia|pages = 198|date= February 23, 1992|url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-shoppers-say/162611620/}}</ref>
* 1992: Allied is fully merged into FDS.<ref>{{cite news|title = STERN'S: Federated closing all stores| newspaper = [[The Record (North Jersey)]]|location = Hackensack, New Jersey|pages = A17|date= February 9, 2001|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record/162074108/}}</ref>
* 1995: Five locations of [[Abraham & Straus]] are converted to new Stern's stores.<ref>{{cite news|title = Stern's advertisement page| newspaper = [[Newsday]]|location = New York City|pages = A11|date= May 19, 1995|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-sterns-advertisement-page/162065746/}}</ref> The Stern's store at [[Sunrise Mall (New York)|Sunrise Mall]] relocates to a former location of Abraham & Straus.<ref>{{cite news|title = A&S Vanishes, Stern's Moves, Bloomie's Is Next| newspaper = [[Newsday]]|location = Hempstead, New York|pages = 42|date= March 16, 1995|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-as-vanishes-s/162070669/}}</ref>
* 2001: FDS closes its Stern's division.<ref>{{cite news|title = It Say's Macy's, But Inside It's Stern's|newspaper = [[Newsday]]|location = New York, New York |pages = 21|date= May 12, 2001|url =https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-it-says-macys-but-inside-its/160689561/}}</ref> Most of the Stern's locations are converted to Macy's immediately.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nreionline.com/news/federated-converting-stern-s-division-macy-s-bloomingdale-s|title=Federated converting Stern's division to Macy's, Bloomingdale's|date=February 9, 2001|website=National Real Estate Investor}}</ref> Others are liquidated, with these stores either becoming Bloomingdale's or closing altogether ([[100 West 33rd Street|Manhattan Mall]] location is one of these, and laid vacant, until it was redeveloped into office space, with the lower floors housing a J.C. Penney from 2009 until 2020<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lisicky |first=Michael |title=JCPenney Has Permanently Closed Its Once-Celebrated Manhattan Store |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellisicky/2020/07/12/jcpenney-has-permanently-closed-its-once-celebrated-manhattan-store/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/article-1176577/|title=GOODBYE TO STERN'S: TO SWITCH TO MACY'S AND BLOOMINGDALE'S|first=W. W. D.|last=Staff|date=February 9, 2001}}</ref>