Bloomingdale's is an American luxury department store chain that grew out of the East Side Bazaar opened in New York in 1872 by brothers Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale; its flagship store is at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. It operates about 31 full-line department stores, 25 outlets and a few small-format Bloomie's stores plus bloomingdales.com, and is a division of Macy's, Inc. led by CEO Olivier Bron.