Bloomingdale's

Bloomingdale's (or Bloomie's) is an iconic American department store owned by Macy's, Inc. (formerly Federated Department Stores). Bloomingdale's started in 1861 when brothers Joseph and Lyman G. Bloomingdale started selling hoop-skirts in their Ladies Notions' Shop on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The pair were sons of Benjamin Bloomingdale, a Bavarian-born... Read More

Bloomingdale's (or Bloomie's) is an iconic American department store owned by Macy's, Inc. (formerly Federated Department Stores). Bloomingdale's started in 1861 when brothers Joseph and Lyman G. Bloomingdale started selling hoop-skirts in their Ladies Notions' Shop on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The pair were sons of Benjamin Bloomingdale, a Bavarian-born salesman who had lived in North Carolina and Kansas, and settled in New York City. It was annouced that Olan Mills Portrait Studio will begin to open portrait studios in several Bloomingdale locations in the Spring of 2011. See Less