All stories about "Bloomingdales"

An Estée Lauder promotion has thrown shoppers into a tizzy at Bloomies. "'Who's coming? The Queen?' a typically jaded New Yorker asked nobody in particular in response to the growing crowd on Bloomingdale's cosmetics floor. 'Gwyneth Paltrow,' was the swift response, and the blasé shopper suddenly perked up, immediately understanding that the impending crowd frenzy was perfectly justified, rendering Gwyneth more important than a fusty, old Monarch." [The Shophound]

Bloomingdales staffers are threatening to strike over heath insurance concerns. "Union workers rallied Tuesday at the Bloomingdale’s flagship store on East 59th Street to turn up the heat on contract negotiations with the store. As many as 500 members of Local 3 of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union demonstrated in front of the store between 11:30 and 2:30 p.m., union officials say. The demonstration took place just two days before union members are scheduled to take a strike vote, a move that would authorize the first strike against the store in 43 years. The existing labor contract that covers everyone from cashiers to stock room workers to sales people expires April 30." [Crain's]

Bloomingdales 59th Street has finally pulled back the plywood to reveal their new men's contemporary section that's named, charmingly, "No. 59 Metro." "Women's has been kicked upstairs, which is probably fine for its customers who often complained about being banished to a dungeon-like department in the bowels of the store. That dungeon has been totally gutted and opened up to house an ever proliferating roster of denim brands and the casual separates that go with them. It also currently holds an abundance of new, eager, sometimes over-eager sales associates as well as a team of spritz girls who really, really want you to try the new Diesel fragrance." [The Shophound]