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Filene's is a Boston-based chain of department stores owned by the May Department Stores Company, since August 30, 2005 itself a subsidary of Federated Department Stores. It operates in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. It was founded in 1881 in Boston, and as William Filene's Sons Co. was one of the founding members of the Federated Department Stores, Inc.. organization in 1929. It historically catered to the "carriage-trade". In 1988 after the leveraged buy-out of Federated by Campeau Corp. of Canada, the division was sold to May Department Stores Co. along with Foley's in the Southwest. It was at this time that Filene's and the famous Filene's Basement were disassociated. Filene's Basement is currently owned by Retail Ventures, Inc.

In 1992 Filene's absorbed G. Fox & Co. of Hartford, Connecticut, another division of May Company. The 1990's saw a doubling of the Filene's organization as May invested in new stores and broadened Filene's price and product assortments. In 2002 it assumed operational control of the Kaufmann's stores in western New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Effective August 30, 2005, Federated Department Stores completed its previously announced acqusition of [May Department Stores]]. By Fall 2006, the Filene's name and brand will be phased out as Federated will convert Filene's to the Macy's masthead.

List of Filene's locations

Connecticut

Massachusetts

Maine

New Hampshire

New York

Rhode Island

Vermont

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