New York City — Bloomingdale’s will enter Seattle with the opening of “Bloomie’s.” Following the successful introduction of Bloomie’s in the greater Chicagoland area late in 2022 (pictured), and Fairfax, Va., in 2021, the retailer’s smaller format store is set to debut on the West Coast in 2023. “We are thrilled to enter the Seattle market with the opening of our third Bloomie’s location,” says Charles Anderson, director of stores, Bloomingdale’s. “The new flexible store experience has been well-received in other cities as it remains authentic to the Bloomingdale’s brand …
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Seattle — Online retail giant Amazon opened its first brick-and-mortar bookstore, called Amazon Books, on November 3, 2015 at University Village in north Seattle. The store opens 20 years after Amazon began selling books — severely discounted compared to traditional retailers — over the Internet.