[2] He was educated at private schools and graduated from Columbia University in 1895, where he studied architecture.
[3] However, after consultation with Dean William Robert Ware of the Columbia School of Architecture, he decided against becoming an architect and joined the family business.
[4] Upon his father's death, Bloomingdale became president of the department store in 1905.
[1] During his 25-year tenure, he oversaw the expansion of the department store and undertook a large scale reconstruction of the store into a modern eight-story structure occupying the entire block from 59th to 60th street between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue.
The department store was also the first in New York City to welcome an outside union.