100 years ago today Saks Fifth Avenue opened its doors in New York…quite an accomplishment thinking about the state of retail in 2024.
Why, you might ask, do I care…could be because I spent my retail entire career, 53 years, at the Chicago store, which, by the way, will celebrate its 100 years on Michigan Avenue in 2029!
The first item sold at the New York opening was, reportedly, a silver flask…I say let’s raise our flasks in a toast to this storied retailer! Cheers to many, many more years of making retail history!
Certainly a grand old dame!!
Indeed!
Thanks for sharing! I remember giving a lecture in Sarasota about 16 years ago. It was a noontime presentation and I was surprised that the audience started leaving soon afterwards with no attempts for the requisite Q and A and then found out later that they had opened the Saks store that afternoon. I went too. it was a happening. The magic lives on!
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