Saks
Background
Saks Incorporated (NYSE: SKS) is a Fortune 500 operator of department stores in the United States. The company is currently headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, where it was formerly known as Proffitt's, Inc., prior to the company's acquisition of Saks Fifth Avenue. The Saks Fifth Avenue business was acquired from Investcorp, a Bahrain-based investor group.
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Latest news - About Saks
...shoppers are pulling back even more. December sales were up 1.2 percent including fuel sales and rose 1.7 percent without. Wall Street was expecting 2.8 percent excluding fuel. Some chains see a silver lining: Some of their competitors will probably have...
5 hours ago from
Houston Chronicle
...that lowered earnings projections included discount giant Wal-Mart, luxury retailer Saks and department store operator Macy's. Macy's did note that many of its best performances came in markets piloting a new "My Macy's" program meant to tailor store assortments...
7 hours ago from
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
...2008 holiday-shopping season proved difficult for virtually all retailers. December same-store sales declined 4 percent at Macy's, 19.8 percent at Saks, and 8.1 percent at J.C. Penney. Even Wal-Mart posted a smaller sales gain than Wall Street expected and...
8 hours ago from
The Seattle Times
...Fairey’s new ad campaign for Saks Fifth Avenue ushers in a new age of prosperity… for him, anyway. The New York Times reports today on his design company’s recent work for the New York-based retailer. To be fair, according to the Times, the designs were “largely...
10 hours ago from
Blogging.LA
...lack of consumer confidence and the crisis in the financing mechanism people traditionally use to "splurge" at Christmas. Saks, Macy's and Target were actively promoting markdowns early, Wal-Mart went low on toys pre-Thanksgiving. The problem with that, while...
13 hours ago from
Gerson Lehrman Group
...Following are the day’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Sears and Gamestop popped while Saks and Abercrombie & Fitch dropped. POPS (stocks that jumped higher) Sears (SHLD) popped 23%. The department store’s Q4 earnings forecast beat estimates....
13 hours ago from
CNBC
...is no denying that my attention was instantly drawn to Anne’s Christian Louboutin Mirrored Very Galaxy Platform pump ($1295 at Saks) and Katherine Heighl’s pumps (anyone know who the designer is btw?) . It was also equally hard to miss the mega-watt smiles,...
14 hours ago from
Glam.com
...ugly ducklings are now swans, not a difficult thing to imagine with actresses Emma Stone, Kat Dennings, Katherine McPhee and Rumer Willis as members of ZAZ. Faris, generally relegated to the Scary Movie films, gets a chance to show off her comedic chops. She...
15 hours ago from
The Olympian
...high and beyond earlier projections of 4.5 million seeking unemployment. The nation's unemployment rate is at 7%. Retailers from Saks to Wal-Mart reported declines in sales and trimmed fourth-quarter projections as a result. Analysts predict continued economic...
16 hours ago from
Information Week
...a new formal dress, figure another $250-$500 and up. Way up in some places. A Versace gown at Saks Fifth Avenue runs $4,270, a Judith Leiber crystal clutch is $1,395, a pair of Rene Caovilla crystal snake sandals another $1,015, and since it's January, a Loro...
16 hours ago from
Miami Herald
Last Week - About Saks
...from an estimated 35 percent, she said. If vendors succeed, they could recoup $1.2 billion from Macy's, Penney, Kohl's, Nordstrom, Dillard's and Saks Inc., based on analysts' estimates that those six retailers will have a combined $24.2 billion in fourth-quarter...
7 days ago from
San Francisco Chronicle
...perception during the month and fell to #6. Target increased its scores during the month to stay atop the rankings. Best Buy (#4) and JC Penney (#5) also saw increases in value scores during the month, with Penney surging far ahead of competitor Kohl's, which...
7 days ago from
MediaPost.com
...in the US, high-end retail had managed to do good business. Saks and Tiffany had flourished. But now, shops like Saks and Neiman Marcus seem unable to keep their core customers. Women who wanted to be the first to sport the new $10,000 handbag are no longer...
6 days ago from
Hindustan Times
...Cream (30 ml) OR Clarins Beauty Flash Bomb (30 ml) Conopco, Inc.: Calvin Klein Euphoria Bath and Shower Crème (6.7 oz) OR Vera Wang Princess Body Polish (5 oz) OR Lovely Sarah Jessica Parker Shower Gel (6.7 oz) The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.: Estée Lauder...
6 days ago from
CBS 5
...Their Ralph Lauren section is mostly oriented towards jeans and casual clothes, but for men they also have great Zegna, Marc Jacobs, and Hugo Boss sections. They even had a 40% off Zegna blazer rack. I was also able to find Ray-Ban aviators - size small -...
6 days ago from
Yelp.com: New York
...of The University of Alabama. She is a graduate student at Alabama. The prospective groom is the grandson of Mildred Laney of Saks and the late Fred Laney, and the late Oren and June Oswalt formerly of Piedmont. Mr. Oswalt is a graduate of The University of...
6 days ago from
Anniston Star
...in the US, high-end retail had managed to do good business. Saks and Tiffany had flourished. But now, shops like Saks and Neiman Marcus seem unable to keep their core customers. Women who wanted to be the first to sport the new $10,000 handbag are no longer...
6 days ago from
Hindustan Times
...fashion low on the evening of Nov. 4, going from glamorous and confident to inexplicably frumpy. What she did to Narciso Rodriguez's black-and-red party dress on the historic night her husband was elected president was a style transgression of significant...
4 days ago from
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
*Cashmere turtleneck, $89.50 at Uniqlo, 546 Broadway *Nobody "Indi" leggings, $115 at Steven Alan, 103 Franklin St. *White + Warren "Stargazer" scarf, $220 at Saks Fifth Avenue, 611 Fifth Ave. *"Lulu" slipper socks, $33 at bulabula.com...
4 days ago from
New York Post
... Some of the ads put today’s reader a million miles away: car companies bragged about popular features like safer plate glass, Saks was selling “smart print dresses” for $10, and the clothes dryers being pitched looked more like torture devices than the familiar...
4 days ago from
The New York Times
Last Month - About Saks
...(NYSE: MOV) from Buy to Hold, citing new financials 10Q Saks (NYSE: SKS) from Hold to Sell, citing new financials 10Q Thor Industries (NYSE: THO) from Hold to Sell, citing new financials 10Q Receive full access to all new and archived articles, unlimited portfolio...
30 days ago from
Street Insider
...applied to Palin, which we've priced out below: Foundation: Armani Luminous Silk Foundations: $58.00 (Saks Fifth Ave.) Revlon Age Defying Makeup with Botafirm: $12.99 (on sale for $11.69 at drugstore.com) Powder: Unlisted brand, though Strozzi says "we" switched...
30 days ago from
Jezebel
...orders as soon as the end of this month, Kert Rosenkoetter, vice president and general manager of Saks Fifth Avenue’s St. Louis store, wrote in a Dec. 1 letter to customers. “After much consideration, and only after a thorough analysis of the wedding dress...
30 days ago from
St. Louis Business Journal
...organisations in the Middle East. Cyber Gear clients include Grand Hyatt, Ramada Hotels, Habtoor Hotels, Shell, Standard Chartered Bank, Dubai e-Government, Dubai School of Knowledge, FORSA, Xerox, Toshiba, Dubai Festival City, BurJuman Centre, Emirates Leisure...
29 days ago from
Dubai City Guide
... I was browsing around on the Saks Fifth Avenue website today when I spotted this curious-looking handbag. Meet the Alexander McQueen Melrose Tote. The lovely Kelly Green color is what initially drew me in. But upon closer inspection, I discovered something...
30 days ago from
Glam.com
...mall brands, like J. Crew and White House Black Market, as well as in higher-priced designer labels like Maria Pinto and Thakoon. "One thing I love about her is that she isn't a stick figure and not a plus size," says Mr. Mizrahi. "She has a body pride I love." Jumping...
30 days ago from
Wall Street Journal
...to the charity of your choice, at no cost at all to you. The site lets you shop at Sephora, Gap, LL Bean, Williams Sonoma, Banana Republic, the Apple Store, Saks Fifth Avenue, and many more...all you do is go through GoodShop.com instead of directly through...
30 days ago from
Glamour
...dip a bit in the front, which elongates the leg in a really flattering way—and I'm finally pulling the trigger on this pair from Jil Sander (were $795, now $319!). I can get behind $319—isn't that what boots used to cost anyway? What's been your biggest steal...
30 days ago from
Lucky Magazine
...shows off a necklace. “Shopping is almost embarrassing, and a little vulgar right now,” said Ms. Buckley, an editor at Allure magazine. Loath to be seen loading freezer-size parcels into the back of a waiting cab, she finds herself shopping at under-the-radar...
30 days ago from
The New York Times
...is that the Obama money was donated to back his campaign and was spent legitimately. No one donated money specifically to send Sarah to Saks. The Obama presidency will turn out to be the vilest and most disgusting chapter in American history. Fortunately it...
30 days ago from
Balloon Juice