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Sep 18, 2022 · Bloomingdale’s is celebrating its 150th Anniversary from now until the holiday season. It opened its doors as the Great East Side Bazaar in 1872.
- Walter Loeb
- Michael Gould, Former Bloomingdale’s Chairman and CEO For 23 Years
- Terry J. Lundgren, Former CEO, Federated Department Stores
- Lester Gribetz, Former Vice Chairman of Bloomingdale’s
- Francine Klein, Former Vice Chairman, Bloomingdale’s
The essence of Bloomingdale’s is simple. It’s the people. We had success in profits, creating the best contemporary department store of any big retailer in the country, spearheading the introduction of European brands, building stores, expanding to California, Dubai, opening SoHo, but the lasting thing is about people. You are remembered not becaus...
Back in the ‘80s, Bullock’s department store in L.A. and Bloomingdale’s were divisions of Federated Department Stores, which worked closely together on many subjects, especially in the home furnishings area where I was a young buyer (in my 20s) for Bullock’s. I remember always looking forward to my market visits to New York City to see the unveilin...
It was a true differentiator in merchandising and marketing under Marvin Traub, and then eventually Michael Gould and now Tony Spring. What I think the customer told us is they wanted things that were exclusive and well-designed. Price was not the differentiator, it was more the uniqueness of the merchandise. That’s why we traveled all over the wor...
What makes Bloomingdale’s special is the constant reinvention of the assortments and the stores themselves. Bloomingdale’s is in perpetual fashion motion. Nothing stays still. [This is evident in the] never-ending renovation of 59th Street, particularly in the cosmetics and fragrance areas, where the Bway is like a cosmopolitan world city unto itse...
- It Was Founded By The Bloomingdale Brothers. The first store was founded by two brothers, Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale, in 1872. The brothers were born in New York and had already established careers in the retail industry.
- Their First Store Was On 56th Street In New York. When Bloomingdale's first opened it was located on 56th Street in Manhattan. This store was open for fourteen years and in this time it became so successful that it got to the stage where the store was simply not big enough.
- The New York Store Was The First Retail Store To Have Escalators In The US. Lyman Bloomingdale was the primary financier of Jesse W. Reno and his invention of the inclined elevator which would come to be known as escalators.
- It Was Sold To The Federated Department Stores In 1930. Federated Department Stores was formed in 1929 and was created as a holding company for a number of stores including Abraham & Straus and F & R Lazarus.
Jan 17, 2019 · Bloomingdale’s reimagined beauty department may be the biggest, boldest idea of what a department store can bring to its customers and the beauty brands that make their home there.
A lot has happened in 150 years. Here’s a look back at some of the major milestones and unexpected introductions we’ve made since our groundbreaking 1872 debut.
Sep 9, 2022 · Bloomingdale's longevity and success stems from a culture of merchandising innovation and fashion risk-taking, a sense of theater, cautious expansion, an eclectic upscale assortment ranging...
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Dec 5, 2011 · The fact that consumers have so many choices today makes creating unique experiences to differentiate Bloomingdale’s that much more critical.
