The city with the world's tallest building now has one more claim to fame: the only Bloomingdale's outside the United States. Dubai's crown prince inaugurated the first international branch of the Manhattan institution, famous for its ``big brown bag' totes, in the Middle East's biggest shopping mall Sunday.
Bloomie's Dubai outpost includes a 146,000 square foot (13,600 square meter) clothing and accessories store and a nearby 54,000 square foot (5,000 square meter) home furnishings store. Both stores are in the Dubai Mall, next to the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa.
The Dubai Bloomingdale's is a 270 million dirham ($73.4 million) joint venture between the department store chain's Cincinnati-based parent, Macy's, and Dubai retailer al-Tayer Insignia.