note: information for The Hecht Company found on Wikipedia
The Hecht Company of department stores started in 1857 in Baltimore, Maryland as a used furniture store. The company’s proprietor, Samuel Hecht, Jr , a man of Jewish descent, came from Germany to America in 1847, along with his brother and mother.
The Hecht Company enjoyed pretty decent growth through the decades, having 81 stores in several states from Pennsylvania to Tennessee and North Carolina. After 102 years of operating as a family business the now-defunct The May Department Stores Company bought The Hecht Company in 1959. The Federated Department Stores stepped into the mix in 2005 and dissolved The May Department Store Company. By Fall of 2006 The Hecht Company stores, known as The Hecht, Hecht’s and Hecht Brothers, became Macy’s, guaranteeing Federated Department Stores of even more success with a nationally known brand name.
I wonder if Samuel Hecht, Jr is rolling in his grave seeing his family owned business become an overly priced Zayre’s Department Store?
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