written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message bloomingdale s type subsidiary industry retail founded 1861 founder joseph b. bloomingdale lyman g. bloomingdale headquarters 1000 third avenue new york new york us number of locations 43 stores 13 bloomingdale s outlets 1 area served nationwide key people tony spring chairman ceo products clothing footwear leather goods bedding furniture jewelry beauty products housewares cafe revenue us 1.072 billion parent macy s inc. website www.bloomingdales.com bloomingdale s is an upscale department store owned by macy s inc. it was founded in 1861 . contents 1 19th century 2 20th century 2.1 expansion from 1974 to present 2.2 store closures from 2012 to 2013 3 credit card partnerships 4 gallery 5 references 19th century edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message brothers joseph and lyman g. bloomingdale founded bloomingdale s in 1861 when they began 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 . in 1872 the bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 third avenue new york city . as the hoop skirt s popularity was declining the brothers closed their east side bazaar in 1872 in a small row house on third avenue and 56th street selling a variety of garments such as ladies skirts corsets gent s furnishings and european fashions . at the time the east side was a working class neighborhood with shanty towns garbage dumps and stockyards . most of their customers and competitors were in the upper west side and at that time most respectable stores only specialized in one trade . within a few years after opening the store the metropolitan museum of art opened the new st. patrick s cathedral was dedicated near the store after moving from its downtown location central park was completed and the upper portion of the new york city subway operated irt lexington avenue line began construction . these additions brought to the east side wealthy customers who built brownstones that surrounded the new park . the store moved in 1886 to its current location on 59th street and lexington avenue . it was designed with large plate glass display windows and large merchandising areas . instead of the common practice of cluttering the display windows with an assortment of the goods they sold the store featured in each window a couple of products as props on a theatrical mise en sc ne . many of these products were european imports . by the start of the 20th century bloomingdale s growth had greatly increased facilitated by its convenient location at a hub of new york city s horse drawn trolley system . offerings at the time included ladies stockings at 10 a pair equivalent to 3.00 in 2016 10 men s wool suits equivalent to 284.00 in 2016 and 149 upright pianos equivalent to 4 238 in 2016 . in 1902 the advertising slogan all cars transfer to bloomingdale s capitalized on the store s location and the company commissioned artist richard f. outcault to create a series of paintings around this theme . the slogan appeared on billboards and on 5 000 free beach umbrellas which were offered to street vendors and delivery cart drivers . 20th century edit around 1905 hard times hit . the popular upper class shopping area moved downtown along sixth avenue to between 14th and 23rd streets . in 1913 the 59th street station of the lexington avenue subway was constructed in bloomingdale s basement further reinforcing the all cars transfer to bloomingdale s slogan and business recovered . by the 1920s the store covered the whole city block . citation needed bloomingdale s flagship store on lexington avenue in new york in 1930 bloomingdale s moved to a new location off of lexington . the building which had grown to encompass the entire block had an eleven story addition and was completely redesigned by architects starrett & van vleck in the art deco style . citation needed in 1949 bloomingdale s opened its first branch store in fresh meadows queens . citation needed bloomingdale s also had a full line branch store in new rochelle ny and a furniture store in the vernon hills shopping center in eastchester ny about seven miles 11 km away which they wanted to expand however the city of new rochelle and the surrounding neighborhood were opposed to bloomingdales being enlarged for fear of increased traffic congestion and the loss of some other long time businesses along new rochelle s main street . subsequently bloomingdales built a full line store in white plains combining its eastchester and new rochelle stores . the white plains store is now one of the only freestanding suburban stores as most others are a part of a mall environment . citation needed the same year bloomingdale s joined federated department stores now macy s inc. citation needed in 1961 all over in the us the company started using designer shopping bags to promote its esprit de france exhibit . citation needed the design by artist jonah kinigstein was based on french tarot cards in dramatic shades of red black and white . in 1973 the iconic brown bag appeared . citation needed these were designed by massimo vignelli who also designed the current store typeface and they were prominently labeled in three sizes little medium and big . fashion designer michaele vollbracht designed one of the classic shopping bags in red black and white of a formally dressed man on one side and a woman on the other . other artists who have designed shopping bags were fashion illustrator antonio lopez and mark kostabi . citation needed in 1969 bloomingdale s two branch stores opened in garden city new york on long island and jenkintown pennsylvania . bloomingdale s opened home furnishing stores on the east coast using products from the flagship s home furnishings department . citation needed according to a survey taken around 1972 over 60 percent of the customers lived and worked in the luxury high rise apartment and office towers near to the main store . citation needed bloomingdale s sold such popular items as pet rocks and glacial ice cubes . citation needed in 1973 the store stamped the name bloomie s on ladies panties as part of its launch for intimate apparel in 1973 . the rising popularity caused the store to become a tourist attraction and articles stamped with bloomie s became popular as souvenirs . citation needed expansion from 1974 to present edit in 1974 bloomingdales opened a store in newton massachusetts just outside boston . citation needed a store still exists in newton s mall at chestnut hill . the bloomingdale s by mail catalog launched in 1978 and this expanded the store s reach to households across the united states . citation needed the retail market boomed in the 1980s . new stores opened along the east coast florida chicago and in dallas texas . 2 expansion in the 1990s included a 1992 opening the 15th store in the mall of america near minneapolis minnesota and its first four stores in california in 1996 . citation needed the chain opened two atlanta locations in 2003 converting the longtime davison s r.h. macy & co. properties in lenox square and perimeter mall . in addition in 2006 and 2007 stores were opened in san francisco san diego and costa mesa california . citation needed on february 14 2008 parent company macy s inc. announced plans to enter the phoenix market with a 180 000 square foot store by 2009 . arizona would have been the thirteenth state to have a bloomingdale s store location with this store being the tenth in the western u.s. and 41st throughout the chain . 3 on september 10 2008 bloomingdale s announced plans to open three stores two of which will be modeled after the soho store a 3 level 82 000 square foot 7 600 m2 anchor store at the shops at georgetown park in washington d.c. by august 2011 a 3 level 150 000 sq ft 14 000 m2 store at westfield valley fair in san jose ca by fall 2011 and a 205 000 sq ft 19 000 m2 store in santa monica place in santa monica ca which opened on august 6 2010 . the store is reported to be modeled after the chain s concept store in new york s soho neighborhood to carry select contemporary men s and women s apparel . twelve days later the first proposed overseas locations for the chain were announced . a september 22 2008 press release from macy s inc. told of plans for two bloomingdale s locations a three level 146 000 sq ft 13 600 m2 apparel and accessories store as well as a separate one level 54 000 sq ft 5 000 m2 home store to open in february 2010 in dubai united arab emirates . as is the case for rival saks fifth avenue the international presence for bloomingdale s will be operated under license by a local interest in this case al tayer group llc a leading uae based conglomerate . 4 bloomingdale s ceo announced that the dubai store will most likely be the only store outside of the us since bloomingdale s has no further plans to expand to other countries . 5 in august 2010 macy s inc. opened their first bloomingdale s outlet at potomac mills mall in woodbridge virginia occupying the former space of the sports authority outlet . citation needed the store is the first of its kind for bloomingdale s and the company has plans to open several more bloomingdales outlets across the country in the near future . citation needed on november 3 2011 bloomingdale s announced it opened a new 120 000 sq ft 11 000 m2 store in glendale galleria in late 2013 as part of the mall s remodeling plan . 6 7 bloomingdale s had recently celebrated its grand opening of its 43rd full line store at the glendale galleria on friday november 8 2013 . citation needed bloomingdale s announced that they replaced the bloomingdale s store of 229 000 sq ft 21 300 m2 in stanford shopping center in palo alto ca with a new 120 000 sq ft 11 000 m2 store . the store opened in 2014 . 8 on november 12 2015 bloomingdale s opened up their very first store in hawaii at ala moana center in honolulu hi . the three story 165 000 sq ft 15 300 m2 store replaced a former sears and includes special services such as smart fitting rooms charging lounges and dining services at its 40 carrots restaurant . 9 store closures from 2012 to 2013 edit map of bloomingdale s locations as of october 19 2015 on january 4 2012 bloomingdale s announced it would close four stores . the most significant closure was at the mall of america in minnesota where bloomingdale s was one of the mall s first tenants . citation needed additionally a home store in oak brook illinois and full line stores in perimeter mall in dunwoody georgia and at white flint mall in north bethesda maryland closed . citation needed on january 3 2013 bloomingdale s announced that would close the las vegas home store at fashion show mall . 10 credit card partnerships edit prior to the end of