Multinational department store chain founded in the United States
This article is about the department store chain. For the division of the Hudson's Bay Company, see
Saks Global . For the defunct holding company, see
Saks, Inc.
Saks Fifth Avenue (originally Saks & Company ; colloquially Saks ) is an American luxury department store chain founded by Andrew Saks and headquartered in New York City . The original Saks opened in the F Street shopping district of Washington, D.C. in 1867. Saks expanded into Manhattan with its Herald Square store in 1902 and flagship store on Fifth Avenue in 1924. The chain was acquired by Tennessee-based Proffitt's, Inc. (renamed Saks, Inc. ) in 1998, and Saks, Inc. was acquired by the Toronto -based Hudson's Bay Company in 2013.[ 6] [ 7] With the establishment of HBC's American division Saks Global in 2024, it is sister brands with department stores Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus .[ 8] [ 9] Saks Off 5th , originally a clearance store for Saks Fifth Avenue, is now a large off-price retailer in its own right.[ 10] [ 11]
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^ Kapner, Suzanne (October 25, 2015). "Lord & Taylor Jumps Into Discount Game" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved December 20, 2019 .
^ Pequeño IV, Antonio (December 23, 2024). "Saks Global Inks $2.7 Billion Acquisition Of Neiman Marcus In Amazon-Backed Deal" . Forbes . Retrieved December 24, 2024 .
^ "Store Locations and Events" . Saks Inc. Archived from the original on May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014 .
^ "About Us" . Saks Fifth Avenue. Retrieved May 21, 2014 .
^ IV, Antonio Pequeño. "Saks Global Inks $2.7 Billion Acquisition Of Neiman Marcus In Amazon-Backed Deal" . Forbes . Retrieved December 25, 2024 .
^ Moin, David (March 5, 2021). "Saks Fifth Avenue Stores and Website Split into Separate Companies" . www.wwd.com .
^ Howland, Daphne (February 11, 2020). "Nordstrom Rack vet to lead Saks Off 5th" . Retail Dive. Saks opened Off 5th in 1990 as a merchandise clearinghouse, but has also expanded since then…HBC's three distinct retail businesses,
^ Wilson, Marianne (February 22, 2019). "Up to 20 Saks Off 5th stores to close" . Chain Store Age.