Bloomingdale's EDI: How does a business become EDI compliant with Bloomingdale's

Founded in 1861, Bloomingdale's is an American luxury department store that offers an array of products - including designer clothing, shoes, handbags, & beauty products etc. To begin trading with Bloomingdale's, suppliers must fulfil Bloomingdale's EDI requirements.

How to Get Products Listed at Bloomingdale's

Getting listed with Bloomingdale's may seem like a tedious task, but it can be divided into two phases.

• Submitting product for approval
• Meet Bloomingdale's EDI requirements

1. Submit for Product Approval

First suppliers need to submit products for listing review. Retailers are always looking for new and exciting products they can offer their customer base.

• Share the short description of the product’s benefits
• Share the photographs of the product
• Include pricing and ordering information
• Share patents or other documentation highlighting the product’s retail appeal
• Include product’s packaging
• Share website and contact information

2. Meet Bloomingdale's EDI requirements

How does EDI work for Bloomingdale’s? Bloomingdale's is the largest department retailer in the United States. To be a supplier of Bloomingdale's, Supplies need to exchange important business documents through a process known as EDI.

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is the electronic exchange of business documents between a supplier and a trading partner. At Infocon Systems, we have the experience and know-how to get your company EDI compliant with Bloomingdale’s. To become a supplier of Bloomingdale's, you first need to use EDI, comply with the EDI requirements and testing described herein.

Suppliers can integrate with Bloomingdale’s (B2B) using all standard EDI options including XML, JSON, CSV, Flat file, API, or through the Infocon Systems portal. you can face costly chargebacks from Bloomingdale's , If you don’t get it right. Failure to exchange business documents properly can result in the supplier being delisted from the retailer. First ensure that the supplier is set up for EDI success is integrating it with their ERP system using a cloud hosted iPaaS solution.

In most cases, Bloomingdale’s requires the following EDI documents:

• Advanced Ship Notice/Manifest (EDI 856) – Contains ordered Item’s description, packaging types etc. (is sent by Vendor);
• Purchase Order Acknowledgement (EDI 855) – Using EDI 855, vendors communicate receipt or rejection of an order to Bloomingdale’s. (is sent by Vendor);
• Purchase Order Change (EDI 860) – It is used by Bloomingdale’s to request a change to a purchase order (EDI 850) they previously submitted. (is sent by Bloomingdale’s);
• Invoice (EDI 810)– A request for payment of goods or services. (is sent by Vendor)
• Functional Acknowledgement (EDI 997) – It is automatically sent as a response to an EDI document reception and contains information about wrong data, missing required data or violates character length limit. (If there is any).
• GS1-128 Shipping Label – Bloomingdale’s will refuse and return every product that does not have a barcoded GS1 certified UPC or EAN label with correct product data at the Vendor’s expense.

To learn more about how Infocon Systems can take care of your EDI needs for Bloomingdale’s, please don’t hesitate to give us a call at +1 888-339-0722 or email sales@infoconn.com. We’d love to hear from you.