Information AboutMarshall Field |
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Field was born on a Farm in Conway, Massachusetts . At the age of 19, he moved to Chicago and obtained employment at a Dry Goods store. Field rose to become a partner in the company. Field and a partner, Levi Leiter , joined another dry goods store owned by Potter Palmer . The store then became known as ''Field, Palmer, and Leiter''. Shortly thereafter, Palmer retired from retailing. In 1881 Field bought out his remaining business partner and changed the store's name to ''Marshall Field and Company''. The quote "Give the lady what she wants" is attributed to Field. Marshall Field's department store chain has since been acquired by Target in 1990 , which sold it to May Department Stores in 2004 and was acquired by Federated Department Stores in 2005 . On September 20 , 2005, Federated Department Stores announced it would retire the name ''Marshall Field'' by the fall of 2006 and rebrand all Marshall Field stores as Macy's . The Field Museum Of Natural History is named after him. |