Hudson's

Hudson's
IndustryDepartment store
Founded1881
Defunct2001
FateLocations re-branded as Marshall Field's in 2001
SuccessorMarshall Field's (2001–2006)
Macy's (2006–present)
HeadquartersDetroit, Michigan (1881–1969)
Minneapolis, Minnesota (1969–2001)
United States
Key people
Joseph L. Hudson
ParentDayton–Hudson Corporation

The J. L. Hudson Company (commonly known simply as Hudson's) was an upscale retail department store chain based in Detroit, Michigan. Hudson's flagship store, on Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit (demolished October 24, 1998),[1] was the tallest department store in the world in 1961,[2] and, at one time, claimed to be the second-largest department store, after Macy's, in the United States, by square footage.[3]

  1. ^ "J.L. Hudson Department Store". Services: Buildings. Controlled Demolition, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2006-09-16.
  2. ^ Baulch, Vivian M. "How J.L. Hudson changed the way we shop". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2006-09-16.
  3. ^ "Retail Trade: Store into Institution". Time. 23 March 1953. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved 2011-05-24.