HOUSTON (AP) — Macy’s landmark downtown Houston store has made its last sale.The 10-story Main
Street retail fixture closed 66 years after it opened as the Foley’s department store.Bythe time doors
were locked for the last time, rugs were selling at a 75percent discount and women’s wear was marked
down 70 to 80 percent.In 2000, Federated Department Stores rebranded Foley’s as Macy’s, another
department store chain owned by Federated.TheCincinnati-based chain, now called Macy’s Inc., announced
in Januarythat it would close the store when its lease expires this spring. Theowners plan to demolish
the building to make way for new retaildevelopment.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.HOUSTON (AP) —
Macy’s landmark downtown Houston store has made its last sale.The 10-story Main Street retail fixture
closed 66 years after it opened as the Foley’s department store.Bythe time doors were locked for the
last time, rugs were selling at a 75percent discount and women’s wear was marked down 70 to 80
percent.In 2000, Federated Department Stores rebranded Foley’s as Macy’s, another department store chain
owned by Federated.TheCincinnati-based chain, now called Macy’s Inc., announced in Januarythat it would
close the store when its lease expires this spring. Theowners plan to demolish the building to make way
for new retaildevelopment.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.