May Department Stores

American luxury department store

department store

defunct retail company acquired by Federated Department Stores in 2006

thumb|Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI), 1910 '''Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI''') was an American department store chain. It was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 9, 1868, by Brigham Young. For many years it used the slogan, "America's First Department Store."

'''Hecht's''' was an American department store chain founded in 1857 by Samuel Hecht, Jr. It was headquartered in Washington, D.C., and operated in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern United States. The family business was acquired by The May Department Stores Company in 1959, which itself was acquired by Federated Department Stores in 2005. Hecht's was dissolved in favor of the Federated-owned Bloomingdale's and Macy's brands in 2006.

former department store