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Here's your Daily Crunch. Coming up, Bloomingdale's opens virtual store, Google gets an Android upgrade and Instagram's latest repost feature.

ICONIC Department Store Bloomingdale's is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a new virtual

store that will go live during New York fashion Week, which starts September 9th.

Virtual department stores aren't a new concept.

You might recall eBay doing something similar in 2013,

and individual brands more recently.

In fact, the concept is something Bloomingdale's has worked on for a while as it created

a more robust relationship with its retailers and customers.

The department store's chief marketing officer, Frank Berman, told Tech

Runge via email that the company experimented with virtual fashion shows and interactive windows

over the past 10 years, but that the 150th anniversary gave us the opportunity to think bigger

and put our customers front and center.

Bloomingdale's virtual store will initially feature collections from brands like Polo Ralph Lauren, Mark Jacobs, David

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