Question: Pizitz was a major regional department store chain in Alabama with its flagship store in downtown Birmingham. At its peak it operated 12 other stores mostly in the Birmingham area with several locations in Huntsville and other Alabama cities.The chain was founded as the Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Co. in 1899 on the site of its flagship building in downtown Birmingham. It was sold to McRae's in December 1986 and all former Pizitz stores became McRae's. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Company