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Bambergers
Type	department store
Founded	1893
Headquarters	Newark, NJ
Industry	Retail
Products	Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics and housewares.

Bamberger's was a Newark, New Jersey headquartered department store chain with locations primarily in New Jersey, but also Delaware, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Contents 1 History 2 WOR history 3 Former locations 3.1 Delaware 3.2 Maryland 3.3 New Jersey 3.4 New York 3.5 Pennsylvania

Founded in 1893 by Louis Bamberger as L. Bamberger & Company in Newark, New Jersey, in 1912 the company built its landmark flagship store at 131 Market Street. In 1929, Bamberger's was purchased by R.H. Macy Co. Early suburban branch stores were built in downtown Morristown and in Plainfield and at the Princeton Shopping Center in Princeton, NJ. With the post-World War II population shift, Bamberger's built additional stores in suburban locations such as Garden State Plaza, Monmouth Mall, and Menlo Park Mall. The 1960's and 1970's saw expansion throughout New Jersey and into the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan area, while the 1980's brought entry into the Baltimore, Maryland Metropolitan area. On October 5, 1986, the Bamberger's stores adopted the name Macy's New Jersey, and in 1988 Macy's New Jersey was consolidated with sister division Macy's New York to form Macy's Northeast (now the Macy's East division of Federated Department Stores).

WOR-AM radio was started by Bamberger Broadcasting Service 1922 in an effort to sell more radios. The broadcast studio was located on the 6th floor. The radio station was included as part of the sale to R.H. Macy Co. in 1929, and Bamberger Broadcasting Service became a division on the company. WOR-TV, Channel 9 signed on the air on October 11, 1949 becoming the last of the New York City VHF stations to begin operations. WOR-TV studios were located on 42nd Street in New Amsterdam Theater, which is currently home to Disney's smash hit, The Lion King. Macy's/Bamberger's sold the WOR stations to the General Tire and Rubber Company in 1952.

• Newark - Christiana Mall (opened 1979, became Macy's 1986)

• Cockeysville - Hunt Valley Mall (opened 1981, became Macy's 1986, closed 1992)
• Owings Mills - Owings Mills Mall (opened 1986, became Macy's later that year, replaced by existing Hecht's 2006, now Boscov's)
• White Marsh - White Marsh Mall (opened 1981 Bamberger's, became Macy's 1986, replaced by existing Hecht's 2006, now Boscov's)

• Cherry Hill - Cherry Hill Mall (opened 1962, became Macy's 1986)
• Deptford - Deptford Mall (opened 1975, became Macy's 1986)
• East Brunswick - Brunswick Square Mall - (opened 1970 as Bamberger's, became Macy's 1986)
• Eatontown - Monmouth Mall (opened 1960, became Macy's 1986)
• Eatontown - Eatontown Furniture Gallery (opened 1980, became Macy's 1986)
• Edison - Menlo Park Mall (opened 1959, became Macy's 1986)
• Lawrenceville - Quaker Bridge Mall (opened 1976, became Macy's 1986)
• Livingston - Livingston Mall (opened 1971, became Macy's 1986)
• Morristown - Morristown (freestanding) (opened 1949, became Macy's 1986, closed 1993, now as of 2003 as Century 21 Department Store)
• Newark - 131 Market Street (flagship store) - (opened 1912, closed 1992)
• Paramus - Garden State Plaza (opened 1957, became Macy's 1986)
• Plainfield - Downtown (freestanding) (opened 1954, became Macy's 1986, closed 1992)
• Princeton - Princeton Shopping Center (closed 1976 with Quaker Bridge opening, became Epstein's dept. store, now McCaffrey's Market on first floor)
• Rockaway - Rockaway Town Square (opened 1977, became Macy's 1986)
• Springfield - Springfield Furniture Gallery (opened 1962, became Macy's 1986)
• Toms River - Ocean County Mall (opened 1977, became Macy's 1986)
• Wayne - Willowbrook Mall (opened 1967, became Macy's 1986)
• Wayne - Wayne Furniture Gallery (opened 1972, became Macy's 1986)

• Nanuet - Nanuet Mall (opened 1969, became Macy's 1986)

• King of Prussa - The Court at King of Prussia (opened 1981, became Macy's 1986)
• Langhorne - Oxford Valley Mall (opened 1973, became Macy's 1986)
• North Wales - Montgomery Mall (opened 1978, became Macy's 1986)
• Springfield - Springfield Mall (opened 1974, became Macy's 1986)
• Whitehall - Lehigh Valley Mall (opened 1976, became Macy's 1986)

Store conversions to Macy's

2006: Famous-Barr | Filene's | Foley's | Hecht's | The Jones Store
Kaufmann's | L.S. Ayres | Marshall Field's | Meier & Frank | Robinsons-May | Strawbridge's
2005: The Bon Marché | Burdines | Goldsmith's | Lazarus | Rich's    2001: Liberty House | Stern's
1996: The Broadway | Bullock's | Emporium-Capwell | The Emporium | Jordan Marsh | Weinstock's
1995: Abraham & Straus    1986: Bamberger's | Davison's
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