Macy's (M) 11-K Annual report of employee stock purchases

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Pension and Profit Sharing Committee

Macy’s, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-153720 and 333-185575) on Form S-8 of Macy’s, Inc. of our report dated March 31, 2015, with respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits of the Macy’s, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, which report appears in the December 31, 2014 annual report on Form 11-K of the Macy’s, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio

March 31, 2015