Federal's

{{Infobox company

| name = Federal's

| logo = Federal's Department Store Final Logo.png

| caption =

| trading_name =

| type = Private

| industry = Retail

| fate = Liquidation

| predecessor =

| successor =

| foundation = {{start date and age|1929}} in Detroit, Michigan

| founder = Davison brothers

| defunct = {{end date and age|1980}}

| location_city =

| location_country =

| locations = 54

| area_served = Metro Detroit

| key_people =

| products = Clothing, household goods

}}

Federal Department Store, or Federal's, was a department store chain based in Detroit.

History

Federal's was founded in 1929.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0DiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22steven+west%22+%22federal%27s%22 |title=Journal of the House of Representatives |publisher=State of Michigan |date=1980 |page=1814 |oclc=3825172 |via=Google Books |volume=2}} In 1961, Federal's merged with Kobacker's of Columbus, Ohio and in 1969,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19610128&id=5gFPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5988,1202912 |title=Davidson Bros., Detroit, Buy Kobacker Stores |newspaper=The Blade |location=Toledo |date=January 28, 1961 |page=15}} it bought Shifrin-Willens Jewelers.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/djreprints/access/169330872.html |title=Federal's Buys Shifrin-Willens |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=April 29, 1969 |page=7 |author= |id={{ProQuest|133407350}}}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The chain filed for bankruptcy in 1972.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4LJO6CcF-0UC&q=%22davidson%22+%22federal%22+%22Department+store%22+%22detroit%22&pg=PA82 |title=Nine Nine Eight: The Glory Days of Buffalo Shopping |first=Michael F. |last=Rizzo |publisher=Lulu Inc. |year=2007 |isbn=978-1430313861 |oclc=128202051}} That same year, the Federal's stores in Lansing and Kalamazoo were closed.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/27/archives/store-closings-set-by-federals-chain.html |title=Store Closings Set By Federal's Chain |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 27, 1972 |page=68 |url-access=subscription |id={{ProQuest|119497770}}}} Steven Watstein, also known as Steven West, purchased Federal's in 1978.{{cite news |title=Steven West Assumes Control at Federal's Inc. |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=March 20, 1978 |page=7 |id={{ProQuest|134257262}}}} The chain was liquidated in 1980.{{cite web |url=http://www.departmentstorehistory.net/files/Departmentstore.doc |title=More questions and comments about department stores from readers |website=The History of Department Stores (blog) |date= |first1=Jan |last1=Whitaker |first2=Michael |last2=Lisicky |name-list-style=amp |access-date=2014-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817132907/http://www.departmentstorehistory.net/files/Departmentstore.doc |archive-date=2012-08-17 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2002-08-29/news/wild-wild-west/ |title=Wild, Wild West: Once convicted of fraud and in debt to the IRS for a cool million, Steven West is some kind of businessman |first=Rebekah |last=Gleaves |newspaper=New Times Broward-Palm Beach |date=August 29, 2002}}

One of Federal's holdings at the time of the bankruptcy was the Hoffritz for Cutlery chain, which was sold off in 1975 in a leveraged buyout.[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/17/business/trying-a-jump-start-at-hoffritz.html Trying a Jump-Start at Hoffritz], The New York Times (December 17, 1994)

References

Category:Defunct department stores based in Michigan

Category:Defunct companies based in Michigan

Category:Companies based in Detroit

Category:American companies established in 1929

Category:Retail companies established in 1929

Category:Retail companies disestablished in 1980

Category:1929 establishments in Michigan

Category:1980 disestablishments in Michigan