Bloomingdale’s has partnered with The Ritz-Carlton on Hotel Bloomingdale’s, an immersive shopping experience at its New York 59th Street flagship through Oct. 19, 2026. It combines fashion, beauty, wellness, home and travel offerings in an effort to bring shoppers into stores.
“Late Checkout: A Ritz-Carlton Story” features more than 55 brands, including 14 new to Bloomingdale’s, across five hotel-inspired areas: Travel, The Spa, Room Service, Souvenirs and Newsstand. The flagship also has a Ritz-Carlton-inspired cocktail bar, a limited-time La Prairie spa and retail experience, a Nespresso coffee bar, complimentary embroidery on Abbode purchases and an exclusive 26-piece AQUA x Nicky Hilton collection for women and children. KILIAN PARIS will bring its art deco-inspired bar lounge to select Bloomingdale’s stores, with cocktails, mixology classes, fragrance consultations, bottle engraving and complimentary samples.
Coresight Research projects 7,900 chain-store closures and 5,500 openings in 2026, a net loss of 2,400 locations. Physical retail accounted for about $14.4 trillion of $18.9 trillion in total retail sales in 2025, according to Euromonitor research cited by EY.
