It had operations in New York, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
It was created February 1, 2006 from a reorganization of the Famous-Barr division acquired August 30, 2005 with The May Department Stores Company.
Ayres, The Jones Store and Kaufmann's nameplates were phased out in favor of the nationally known Macy's.
It was merged with Davison's, to form Macy's Atlanta on February 1, 1985.
It operated as a division of Macy's, with offices in the downtown Toledo Lasalle's store at 513 Adams Street, until the consolidation in 1982.