Bloomingdale's Company Description
Popular culture goes on sale every day at Bloomingdale's. It runs about 40 stores in a dozen states, including California, Florida, Illinois, and New York. The company's flagship store at 59th and Lexington is a Manhattan institution and tourist attraction in its own right. A smaller Manhattan store opened in downtown's SoHo neighborhood in 2004. In February 2003 Bloomies opened its Medinah Temple Home & Furniture Store on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. Founded in 1872 by brothers Lyman and Joseph Bloomingdale, the store rode the popularity of the hoop skirt to sales success and practically invented the department store concept at the start of the 20th Century. Bloomingdale's is a division of Macy's, Inc.
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