Federated Department Stores
E311065
Federated Department Stores was a major American retail holding company that operated numerous regional and national department store chains before rebranding as Macy’s, Inc.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federated Department Stores canonical | 23 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2926764 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federated Department Stores Context triple: [Bloomingdale's, formerParentCompany, Federated Department Stores]
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A.
Empire Stores
Empire Stores is a historic waterfront warehouse complex in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood that has been redeveloped into a mixed-use hub of offices, shops, dining, and public space overlooking the East River.
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B.
Passage department store
Passage department store is a historic and elegant shopping arcade in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned for its 19th-century architecture and upscale boutiques.
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C.
Eaton’s department store chain
Eaton’s department store chain was a once-dominant Canadian retail empire founded in the 19th century, known for its flagship stores, catalogues, and major influence on Canadian shopping culture.
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D.
Liberty department store
Liberty department store is a famous London luxury retailer known for its distinctive mock-Tudor building and eclectic range of fashion, beauty, homeware, and iconic printed fabrics.
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E.
Target Corporation
Target Corporation is a major American big-box retail chain known for its broad selection of affordable, stylish merchandise and nationwide presence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federated Department Stores Target entity description: Federated Department Stores was a major American retail holding company that operated numerous regional and national department store chains before rebranding as Macy’s, Inc.
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A.
Empire Stores
Empire Stores is a historic waterfront warehouse complex in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood that has been redeveloped into a mixed-use hub of offices, shops, dining, and public space overlooking the East River.
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B.
Passage department store
Passage department store is a historic and elegant shopping arcade in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned for its 19th-century architecture and upscale boutiques.
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C.
Eaton’s department store chain
Eaton’s department store chain was a once-dominant Canadian retail empire founded in the 19th century, known for its flagship stores, catalogues, and major influence on Canadian shopping culture.
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D.
Liberty department store
Liberty department store is a famous London luxury retailer known for its distinctive mock-Tudor building and eclectic range of fashion, beauty, homeware, and iconic printed fabrics.
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E.
Target Corporation
Target Corporation is a major American big-box retail chain known for its broad selection of affordable, stylish merchandise and nationwide presence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public company
ⓘ
retail holding company ⓘ |
| acquired |
R. H. Macy & Co.
ⓘ
linked to:
R. H. Macy
The May Department Stores Company ⓘ
linked to:
May Department Stores Company
|
| acquisitionDate |
R. H. Macy & Co. 1994
ⓘ
The May Department Stores Company 2005 ⓘ |
| bankruptcyType | Chapter 11 ⓘ |
| businessModel | operating regional and national department store chains ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolved | 2007 (name discontinued) ⓘ |
| emergedFromBankruptcy | 1992 ⓘ |
| filedForBankruptcy | 1990 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Abraham & Straus interests
ⓘ
Bloomingdale Brothers interests ⓘ F&R Lazarus & Company interests ⓘ Filene’s interests ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Cincinnati, Ohio
ⓘ
linked to:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| inception | 1929 ⓘ |
| industry |
department stores
ⓘ
retail ⓘ |
| keyBrand |
Bloomingdale’s
ⓘ
linked to:
Bloomingdale's
Macy’s ⓘ
linked to:
Macy's
|
| notableEvent |
consolidation of many regional department store nameplates under the Macy’s brand
ⓘ
conversion of former May Company stores to Macy’s in 2006 ⓘ |
| operated |
Bloomingdale’s
ⓘ
linked to:
Bloomingdale's
Bullock’s ⓘ
linked to:
Bullock's
Burdines ⓘ Burke’s ⓘ Foley’s ⓘ
linked to:
Foley's
Goldsmith’s ⓘ Hecht’s ⓘ
linked to:
Hecht's
I. Magnin ⓘ Jordan Marsh ⓘ Kaufmann’s ⓘ
linked to:
Kaufmann’s department store
Lazarus ⓘ Macy’s ⓘ
linked to:
Macy's
Marshall Field’s ⓘ
linked to:
Marshall Field
Rich’s ⓘ
linked to:
Hecht's
Rike’s ⓘ Sanger-Harris ⓘ Shillito’s ⓘ Strawbridge’s ⓘ The Bon Marché ⓘ
linked to:
The Bon Marché (historical)
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| rebrandedAs |
Macy’s, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Macy's
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| rebrandingDate | 2007 ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| successor |
Macy’s, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Macy's
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| tickerSymbol |
FD (historical)
ⓘ
linked to:
F.D.
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federated Department Stores Description of subject: Federated Department Stores was a major American retail holding company that operated numerous regional and national department store chains before rebranding as Macy’s, Inc.
Referenced by (23)
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