Barneys New York
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| Type | department store |
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| Founded | 1923 New York City, New York |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. |
| Website | http://www.barneys.com/ |
Barneys New York is a chain of upscale department stores. The company began in 1923, when Barney Pressman opened his first store in Manhattan with money he raised by pawning his wife's engagement ring. Even after filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in 1996, closing in Chelsea and several locations across the US and selling locations in Japan and Singapore, Barneys has maintained its ability to attract both Upper East Side old guard and downtown's fashion elite. Barneys industrial style Co-op department and stand-alone stores feature edgy, funkier styles and accessories for men and women. Barneys is easily recognized by its brilliant red awnings and imaginative window displays. In late 2004 the Pressman family sold off its less than 2% remaining ownership when the company was sold to Jones Apparel Group.
The Financial Times reported on September 2, 2006 that Barneys New York will open its first company-operated European location in West London [1]. The store will be an anchor in Westfield London, which is currently being developed by Australian company, Westfield Group. The location has not been formally announced by Jones Apparel Group or Westfield.
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[edit] Barneys CO-OP
Barneys CO-OP offers casual apparel and accessories for a younger market in a trendy environment that breaks from the flagship store's refined, upscale atmosphere. CO-OP originally began as a department within the larger Barneys New York stores, but is now a freestanding concept located in several markets throughout the US. CO-OP stores concept range in size from 9,000 to 20,000 square feet (800 to 2000 m²).
[edit] Store locations
[edit] Barneys New York flagship stores
Arizona
- Scottsdale: Scottsdale Fashion Square - 65,000 sq ft. (Opening in 2009)
California
- Beverly Hills: Wilshire Boulevard - 115,000 sq ft.
- San Francisco: Union Square - 60,000 sq ft. (Opening Fall 2007)
Illinois
- Chicago: East Oak Street - 47,488 sq ft.
Massachusetts
- Boston: Copley Place - 46,000 sq ft
- Chestnut Hill: The Mall at Chestnut Hill - 13,500 sq ft.
Nevada
- Las Vegas: The Shoppes at The Palazzo - 85,000 sq ft. (Opening Fall 2007)
New York
- Manhasset: Americana Manhasset - 11,700 sq ft. (closing February 2007)
- New York: Madison Avenue - 230,000 sq ft.
- Syosset: The Mall at Oyster Bay (Opening date TBD)
Texas
- Dallas: NorthPark Center - 88,000 sq ft.
Washington
- Seattle: City Centre - 16,648 sq ft. (Moving to Pacific Place in June 2007)
[edit] International locations
Japan (Operated under license by Sumitomo Corporation)
Though rumored to open in 2008, Michael Celestino (BNY Sr VP) has said Barneys New York has not shopped for a space, nor talked to White City (London) about opening a store in Europe. Though interested in opening international stores in the future, Barneys is first concentrating on the U.S.
[edit] Barneys CO-OP
California
Florida
- Miami Beach: Collins Avenue
Georgia
Illinois
- Chicago: North Halsted Street
Maryland
- Chevy Chase: The Collection at Chevy Chase
Michigan
New York
- New York City: Chelsea
- New York City: SoHo
- New York City: Upper West Side
- White Plains: The Westchester
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia: 10 Rittenhouse (Opening Summer 2008)
Texas
- Houston: The Galleria
- Austin: The Domain (Opening Spring 2007)
Washington DC
- Georgetown: M Street, NW
[edit] Barneys Outlets
California
Connecticut
Florida
Hawaii
- Waikele - Oahu
Massachusetts
New York
Virginia
[edit] Pop culture references
- In the HBO program Sex and the City, the central character, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), haunted the New York City flagship with near-obsessive regularity.
- References in the NYC-set sitcom Will & Grace are a recurring theme of the show. In one episode all protagonists end up at Barneys on sale day. In three episodes, Barneys was featured as the place where character Jack McFarland (Sean Hayes) worked. In two of those episodes, Parker Posey played his boss, Dorleen. In the third, Jack gets hit in the head at work, and, in a dream sequence, Cher gives him career advice.
- In an episode of Seinfeld entitled "The Secretary," character Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) goes to Barneys to return a dress which did not look as good on her outside the store as it did on her in the store. During her return she tries on another dress, but is not sure if the dress really looks good on her or not and accuses the store of using "skinny mirrors." In order to get an unbiased reflection, she walks out of the store wearing the dress. Later, she is forced to buy the dress because she gets salt stains on it from walking in the snow.
- The Beverly Hills flagship was featured in the 1997 film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, in a scene where Lisa Kudrow mounts the store's impressive four-story staircase.
- In the Shopaholic Series books by author Sophie Kinsella (Shopaholic Takes Manhattan and Shopaholic Ties The Knot), the heroine of the books gets a job as a personal shopper at Barneys New York.
[edit] References
- ^ Pickard, Jim, Jonathan Birchall. "Barneys to open first London store", Financial Times, 2006-09-02.
