Henri Bendel closed all of its stores and its website in January 2019, so there’s no birthday reward to claim. The brand’s A-List rewards program was tied to a store credit card, and nothing in the pages read describes a birthday offer for customers.
What Henri Bendel Was
Wikipedia describes Henri Bendel, Inc. as something that “was a women’s department store based in New York City which in its later history sold women’s handbags, jewelry, luxury fashion accessories, home fragrances, chocolate and gifts.” It says the founder “opened his first shop, in Greenwich Village, in 1895.” Refinery29 says it was “Founded in 1895 by Louisiana milliner Henri Bendel.”
It Closed In January 2019
L Brands’ September 13, 2018 press release “announces the January 2019 closing of all 23 Henri Bendel stores and the Henri Bendel e-commerce website.” Refinery29’s report on the final day is headed “Henri Bendel Permanently Closes Store, Shutters Website.” It says “Effective 12pm EST, Henri Bendel has officially shuttered its website, in addition to permanently closing its New York doors yesterday, at 5pm.” Wikipedia lists the company as defunct and says operations ceased in January 2019.
The domain still exists. henribendel.com redirects to www.henribendel.com, and that address refuses connections: a plain page fetch failed to connect, the page-reading tool got a connection refused error, and headless Chrome reported the address unreachable.
The Rewards It Had
The last rewards program was the A-List, and it ran through a store credit card. The terms, read from an Internet Archive copy dated July 4, 2017, say “You are automatically enrolled in the A-List Rewards Program by having an activated A-List Credit Card in good standing.” Earning worked this way: “You will earn 1 Dollar for each $1 of Net New Purchases on your A-List Card,” and “You will receive a $25 A-List Reward for every 500 Dollars earned.” Those terms don’t mention a birthday benefit. The archived A-List pages from 2017 and 2018 that were read don’t either.
The Only Birthday Offer Found Was The Store’s Own
A June 2, 2014 Washingtonian item says Henri Bendel “celebrates its birthday with a weeklong celebration at its Pentagon City and Tysons Galleria locations,” with “30 percent off limited-edition Miss Bendel satchels” and a free scarf with a $150 purchase. That was the store’s own anniversary event at two of its locations, and it wasn’t a perk for customers’ birthdays. It also ended years before the closing.
No Real Cashback Route Found
TopCashback sends the Henri Bendel address to a general category page, Price.com’s Henri Bendel page returns a 404, and Fluz returns a 404 for Henri Bendel. With the store closed, there’s no purchase to earn cashback on. Rates move, but a closed retailer doesn’t gain a rate.
What Was Actually Checked
The L Brands press release was read through headless Chrome from the company’s SEC filing, since a plain fetch of the filing was blocked. The Refinery29 report, Wikipedia’s company article and the Washingtonian item were read with a plain fetch, and the A-List pages were read from Internet Archive copies dated July 4, 2017 and September 17, 2018. The henribendel.com address was probed on 2026-10-03 as described above, and the three cashback sites were read the same day.
What This Means For You
There’s nothing to sign up for and nothing to redeem. If you’re holding an old Henri Bendel gift card or A-List certificate, the pages read don’t say what happened to them after the closing, so that’s a question for the card issuer or for Henri Bendel’s former owner, L Brands.
Q&A
Q: Does Henri Bendel give a birthday discount?
A: No. The company closed its stores and website in January 2019.
Q: Did Henri Bendel ever have a rewards program?
A: Yes, the A-List, tied to a store credit card. Its terms describe earning dollars on purchases and no birthday benefit.
Q: What was the Henri Bendel birthday event I may remember?
A: A 2014 item describes a week-long celebration of the store’s own birthday at two of its locations, with 30 percent off certain satchels.
Q: Who owned Henri Bendel when it closed?
A: L Brands, which announced the closing of all 23 stores and the website in September 2018.
Q: Is henribendel.com still online?
A: The domain redirects to an address that refuses connections.
Q: Is there cashback at Henri Bendel?
A: No. The store is closed, and no rate turned up on TopCashback, Price.com or Fluz.
Compare This To
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More Information:
Verified against L Brands’ September 2018 press release, Refinery29’s closing report, Wikipedia’s company article, Internet Archive copies of the A-List pages and the Washingtonian item, read 2026-10-03. Cashback checked on TopCashback, Price.com and Fluz. Programs change their terms often, so check any retailer’s own page before you rely on the details.
