The more things change, the more they stay the same. Not! Went into Bloomingdale’s on 59 & Lexington. Had not been in there for years. The present layout is so unlike an old-concept department store – as say Macy’s, I was stunned. It is like a mini-mall housing different boutiques. Gone is the general jewelry department with cases of fashion jewelry. Rather there are name brand boutiques. Idem ditto with the handbag department. No longer a jumble of brands for easy name and price comparison. Now it is one singular brand, repeated each time for each separate brands. I had to ask myself why I would buy a bag from Louis Vuitton inside B’dales, when I could go to the LV store and be singularly fussed over. I am still waiting on the answer.