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Macy's, Inc. Ultimately, Federated itself was renamed Macy's, Inc. in 2007. Macy's, Inc. is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. It operates the subsidiaries Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and the beauty store chain Bluemercury, all of which have a flagship store located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. As of November 3, 2018, the company operated 875 stores in the United States, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Its namesake locations and related operations account for 90% of its revenue. According to Deloitte, Macy's, Inc. is the world's largest fashion goods retailer and the 36th largest retailer overall, based on the company's reported 2010 retail sales