is a chain of upscale
Department Store s owned by
Federated Department Stores , which is also the owner of
Macy's . Bloomingdale's has 36 stores nationwide, with annual sales of $1.9 billion dollars. It competes on an average price level with
Nordstrom , but slightly below
Saks Fifth Avenue and
Neiman Marcus .
Its most famous store is the
Manhattan flagship store located on 59th Street and Third Avenue, with entrances at both Third Avenue and
Lexington Avenue .
Bloomingdale's is especially known for its iconic bag, labeled "The Brown Bag" by the chain; the name is prominently featured on the bags themselves.
Bloomingdale's has expanded slowly from its New York base, moving into
Washington, D.C. and
Massachusetts in the 1970s,
Pennsylvania ,
Texas ,
Florida , and
Chicago in the 1980s, and finally establishing a presence in
California in 1996. The company has carefully targeted affluent, densely populated areas in which to locate its stores. Over the years as its parent
Federated Department Stores has acquired rivals or consolidated divisions, Bloomingdale's has been able to pick up desirable, hard to replicate locations including Abraham & Straus at Roosevelt Field, Stern's at Willowbrook, Bridgewater Commons and Roosevelt Field (the location of Bloomingdale's furniture gallery), The Broadway at Sherman Oaks Fashion Square, Century City Shopping Center, Beverly Center and Fashion Island Newport Beach (the apparel store only), Emporium at Stanford, Macy's Atlanta at Lenox Square and Perimeter Mall and mostly recently the pending conversions of Robinsons-May at South Coast Plaza and Fashion Valley Mall, Filene's at Chestnut Hill and the Hecht's under construction at Chevy Chase. Also in fall 2006 Bloomingdale's will open a new West Coast flagship store in the redeveloped Emporium flagship in San Francisco.
- Los Angeles (Century City) - Westfield Century City - 235,000 sq. ft. ''(previously The Broadway, reopened as Bloomingdale's in 1996)''
- Costa Mesa, Orange County - '' South Coast Plaza '' - 289,000 sq. ft. ''(expected to open May 2007 replacing Robinsons-May)''
- Los Angeles (Fairfax District) - Beverly Center - 163,000 sq. ft. ''(previously The Broadway, reopened as Bloomingdale's in 1997)''
- Newport Beach, Orange County - Fashion Island - 172,000 sq. ft. ''(previously The Broadway, reopened as Bloomingdale's in 1996)''
- Newport Beach, Orange County - Fashion Island Home Store - 68,000 sq. ft. ''(opened 1996)''
- San Diego -'' Fashion Valley Mall '' - 218,000 sq. ft. ''(expected to open late 2006 replacing Robinsons-May)''
- Los Angeles (Sherman Oaks) - Westfield Fashion Square - 229,000 sq. ft. ''(previously The Broadway, reopened as Bloomingdale's in 1996)''
located in
Boca Raton, Florida .]]
- Atlanta - Lenox Square - 281,000 sq. ft. ''(previously Macy's/Davidson's, reopened as Bloomingdale's in 2003)''
- Atlanta - Perimeter Mall - 234,000 sq. ft. ''(previously Macy's/Davidson's, reopened as Bloomingdale's in 2003)''
- Newton - Chestnut Hill Women's (freestanding) - 124,000 sq. ft. ''(opened 1978)''
- Newton - '' The Mall At Chestnut Hill '' - 186,000 sq. ft. ''(expected to open late 2006 replacing Filene's)''
- Newton - The Mall at Chestnut Hill Men's/Home - 130,000 sq. ft. ''(opened 1973)''
- Garden City, Long Island - Roosevelt Field - 314,000 sq. ft. ''(opened 1995)''
- Garden City, Long Island - Roosevelt Field Furniture Gallery - 69,000 sq. ft. ''(opened 2004)''
- Huntington Station, Long Island - Walt Whitman Mall - 230,000 sq. ft. ''(opened 1998)''
- Manhattan - 59th & Lexington Avenue (flagship) - 935,000 sq. ft. ''(opened 1886, expanded 1894, 1930)''
- Mount Pleasant, Westchester County - Westchester Furniture Clearance (freestanding) - 64,000 sq. ft. ''(opened 2004)''
- SoHo (freestanding) - 122,000 sq. ft. ''(opened 2004)''
- White Plains, Westchester County - White Plains (freestanding) - 300,000 sq. ft. ''(opened 1975)''
- Dallas, Texas - Valley View Center ''(opened 1983, closed 1990, location assumed by J.C. Penney)''
- Fresh Meadows, New York, Long Island - (freestanding) ''(opened 1949, closed 1991)''
- Garden City, New York, Long Island - (freestanding) ''(opened 1972, closed 1995, replaced by Roosevelt Field, location assumed by Sears)''
- Jenkintown, Pennsylvania (freestanding) ''(opened 1973, closed 1982, replaced by Willow Grove Park location)''
- Manhasset, New York, Long Island - (freestanding) ''(opened 1971, closed 1982)''
- New Rochelle, New York, Westchester County - (freestanding) ''(opened 1947, closed 1976)''
- Scarsdale, New York, Westchester County - (freestanding) ''(opened 1972, closed 1982)''
- Stamford, Connecticut - (freestanding) ''(opened 1954, closed 1990)''
Woodbury - Tamarack Village (1996)
