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Realizing that the people who read the Bloomies catalog are slowly dying off, department store execs are moving the whole shebang online. "In a statement earlier today, Macy’s Inc., Bloomingdale’s parent, said the decision was prompted by the sales growth of the Bloomingdales.com Web site, which has 'far outpaced' the Bloomingdale’s by Mail catalog in recent years." [DNR]