Bloomingdale's Coupons, Promo Codes & Discounts

About Bloomingdale's

Bloomingdale's has been a New York department store since 1861, when Lyman and Joseph Bloomingdale opened on the Lower East Side. The Manhattan flagship on 59th and Lexington is still the store most people picture. Macy's Inc has owned the business since 1994.

In the Middle East, Bloomingdale's is operated under licence by Al Tayer Group, which brought it to Dubai in 2010 with a store in The Dubai Mall and a separate home store. Kuwait followed. The regional website sells across both markets.

The mix is designer and contemporary fashion, beauty, and homeware. Brands sit well above high street pricing, which is exactly why a code matters here. Five percent off a 3,000 dirham handbag is worth more than 20 percent off a T-shirt.

What makes the current Bloomingdale's offer unusual is that it applies on top of the public sale. Most department store codes are blocked during a sale, and this one is not, though it is restricted to full-price items within that.

The Dubai store is worth knowing about even if you shop online. Stock moves between the physical store and the website, and personal shopping and alterations are handled in store. Online orders can generally be returned there, which is faster than arranging a courier pickup.

Delivery in the UAE runs next day in most of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, with standard delivery to the northern emirates and to Kuwait. Beauty and fragrance ship on the same terms as fashion.

How to use a coupon

1. Copy the Bloomingdale's code from this page. It covers the UAE and Kuwait.

2. Open the store using our link so the code is attributed to your visit.

3. Add your items. The code applies to full-price stock, so keep marked-down items in a separate order if it fails.

4. Enter the code in the promo field at checkout.

5. Confirm the 5 percent has come off before you complete the order.

Tips to save more

• Use it on the expensive thing. A 5 percent code is only worth using where the basket is large. Handbags, watches and outerwear are where 5 percent turns into a real number.

• It works during the public sale, which most department store codes do not. Wait for the seasonal event, then apply the code on the full-price pieces in your basket.

• Beauty rarely discounts, so this is your discount. Most fragrance and skincare houses block markdowns entirely in the Gulf, and a working 5 percent code is often the only price reduction available on them.

• Check the loyalty programme against the code. Al Tayer runs a points scheme across its brands, and on some purchases banking points is worth more than the percentage.

• The home store carries different stock to the fashion store. If you are shopping homeware, browse that section separately rather than assuming the main catalogue covers it.

• Sale season is January and July. That is when the department store markdowns land, and the code working alongside them is the reason to shop those two months rather than any other.

• Try in store, buy online. If the Dubai Mall store has your size, check the fit there and then place the order with your code rather than buying at the till.