![A shopper looks at goods by designer Ralph Lauren at a display in Bloomingdales department store in New York, November 19, 2008. U.S. retail stores may be much less crowded this holiday A shopper looks at goods by designer Ralph Lauren at a display in Bloomingdales department store in New York, November 19, 2008. U.S. retail stores may be much less crowded this holiday](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E7BEFC/a-shopper-looks-at-goods-by-designer-ralph-lauren-at-a-display-in-bloomingdales-department-store-in-new-york-november-19-2008-us-retail-stores-may-be-much-less-crowded-this-holiday-season-as-one-research-firm-shoppertrak-sees-foot-traffic-sliding-a-record-99-percent-as-shoppers-suffer-from-the-weak-economy-and-low-consumer-confidence-reutersmike-segar-united-states-2E7BEFC.jpg)
A shopper looks at goods by designer Ralph Lauren at a display in Bloomingdales department store in New York, November 19, 2008. U.S. retail stores may be much less crowded this holiday
23 Bloomingdales Opens New Polo Ralph Lauren Shop Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images
Ralph Lauren - 1969: Bloomingdale's, NYC opens Polo Ralph Lauren Shop The “shop-within-a-shop” sells Lauren's men's line exclusively. It is the first time that Bloomingdale's has given a designer his own in-store
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