Saks Fifth Avenue 

Saks.com offers an enhanced, personalized, online shopping experience. You can shop for a distinct look, a specific designer or an individual item. Saks.com is committed to providing the same legendary service and style found in all Saks Fifth Avenue stores.

Saks.com has only the most luxurious brands supplying you with the latest in fashion trends and accessories. Saks.com also has an extensive beauty line, shoe department and exclusive handbag selection.

History of Saks Fifth Avenue

Saks Fifth Avenue is the successor of a business founded by Andrew Saks in 1867 and incorporated in New York in 1902 as Saks & Company. In 1923 Saks & Co. merged with Gimbels Brothers, Inc., operating as a separate autonomous subsidiary.

In 1924, Horace Saks and Bernard Gimbel opened Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City.

When Adam Gimbel became President of Saks Fifth Avenue in 1926, the company took on national aspirations. The very first branch store opened in 1926 in the city of Palm Beach, Florida as a resort store, followed by a Southampton resort store in 1928. The first full-line year-round Saks store was opened in Chicago in 1929, followed by another resort store in Miami Beach, Florida. In 1938 Saks expanded to the West Coast, opening in Beverly Hills, California.

By the end of the 1930s, Saks Fifth Avenue had a total of 10 stores, including resort locations such as Sun Valley, Mount Stowe and Newport. More full-line stores followed with Detroit in 1940, Pittsburgh in 1949. In downtown Pittsburgh, the company moved to its own freestanding location approximately one block from its former home on the fourth floor in the downtown Gimbel's flagship. The San Francisco location opened in 1952. More expansion followed in the 1960s.

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