"Like No Other Store in the World": The Inside Story of Bloomingdale's

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ix, 224 pp. "In this unauthorized biography, the first book to tell the story of Bloomingdale's, investigative business reporter Mark Stevens reveals how a store once known for its bargain-basement wares reversed its merchandising strategy to become the darling of celebrities such as Jacqueline Onassis and Diana Ross, a Time magazine cover personality, a subject for TV's "60 Minutes," and an East Coast institution whose influence is so pervasive that it is by now a part of our national culture." Show more