Barneys New York Announces New Credit Card Program and Influencer Tier

NEW YORK, Sept. 5,  2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Barneys New York, the luxury specialty retailer, announces today the launch of the new Barneys New York credit card program, including enhanced benefits for all cardmembers and the newly established Influencer tier with additional luxury access and incentives for an exclusive group of top customers.

The new program expands on the already successful platform of My Barneys Bag, which offers cardmembers reward points at a 1 to 5 % back based on annual spend. Cardmembers receive exclusive benefits including; complimentary valet, wine, shipping and in-store beauty and skin care treatments, as well as, alterations credits, a dedicated phone number for personal shopping and exclusive access to Barneys New York online and in-store events.

The Influencer tier represents a group of important Barneys New York customers offered exclusive access and incentives through the enhanced program. Influencers will receive a new sleek black metal credit card with a special Influencer icon and a host of new premium benefits offered through exclusive partnerships with The Leading Hotels of the World, the largest luxury hotel collection with more than 430 of the world's greatest properties in over 80 countries; Exclusive Resorts^®, the world's leading luxury destination club that boasts more than 350 multi-million dollar residences in over 60 global destinations; and EmpireCLS^TM Worldwide Chauffeured Services. Through these partnerships, Influencer cardmembers will receive a one- year complimentary Unlimited Leaders Club membership* for The Leading Hotels of the World, a 3-night complimentary stay* and a membership discount** with Exclusive Resorts, as well as travel credits and preferred rates* with EmpireCLS^TM Worldwide Chauffeured Services.

­­Influencer benefits will be extended in-store as well, to include a VIP phone reservation line offering preferred reservations to Fred's at the Madison Avenue flagship.  Influencers will also receive complimentary dessert with dinner, and waived site fees for private event bookings.

"Barneys New York is pleased to offer the most exclusive and luxurious benefits to our cardmembers. We are very excited to launch this new credit card program, including our great new Influencer platform, which allows us to continue to thank and reward our customers for their loyalty," said Daniella Vitale, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Executive Vice President of Barneys New York.

Alliance Data Retail Services is the private label credit card partner of Barneys New York, announced in April 2013.

For more information about the Barneys New York credit card program and Influencer card, please visit www.barneys.com/creditcard.

About Barneys New York
BARNEYS NEW YORK (Barneys) is a luxury specialty retailer renowned for having the most discerning edit from the world's top designers, including women's and men's ready-to-wear, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and gifts for the home. Barneys' signature sense of wit and style is manifested in its creative advertising campaigns, original holiday themes, and celebrated window displays. Founded as a men's retailer in 1923 in downtown Manhattan, it became an international arbiter of high style for both women and men in the 1970s, renowned for discovering and developing new and innovative design talent. Today, Barneys New York operates flagship stores in New York City, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Scottsdale along with a preeminent luxury online store, Barneys.com, as well as 25 other stores and outlets across the United States. For more information about Barneys New York, please visit www.Barneys.com and explore its luxury content site, The Window, for an insider's look into the Barneys world: a behind-the-scenes visit with exciting designers, fashion, events, and the Barneys team.

*Restrictions apply             

**For offer terms & conditions please visit www.exclusive resorts.com/barneys

About Alliance Data Retail Services
Alliance Data Retail Services is one of the nation's leading providers of branded credit card programs, with more than 120 marketing-driven private label, co-brand and commercial programs in partnership with many of North America's best-known brands. The business delivers upon its Know More. Sell More.^® commitment by leveraging customer insight to drive sales for its client partners. Leveraging deep-rooted retail industry expertise, transaction-based customer data, and advanced analytics, Alliance Data Retail Services creates turnkey, multichannel credit programs designed to help its clients develop stronger, more profitable customer relationships. Alliance Data Retail Services is part of the Alliance Data family of companies. To learn more about Alliance Data Retail Services, visit www.alliancedataretail.com.

About Alliance Data
Alliance Data^® and its combined businesses is North America's largest and most comprehensive provider of transaction-based, data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions serving large, consumer-based industries. The Company creates and deploys customized solutions, enhancing the critical customer marketing experience; the result is measurably changing consumer behavior while driving business growth and profitability for some of today's most recognizable brands. Alliance Data helps its clients create and increase customer loyalty through solutions that engage millions of customers each day across multiple touch points using traditional, digital, mobile and other emerging technologies. Headquartered in Dallas, Alliance Data and its three businesses employ approximately 11,000 associates at more than 70 locations worldwide.

Alliance Data consists of three businesses: Alliance Data Retail Services, a leading provider of marketing-driven credit solutions; Epsilon^®, a leading provider of multichannel, data-driven technologies and marketing services; and LoyaltyOne^®, which owns and operates the AIR MILES^® Reward Program, Canada's premier coalition loyalty program. For more information about the company, visit our website, www.alliancedata.com, or follow us on Twitter via @AllianceData.

SOURCE Barneys New York