Saks Fifth Avenue is one of the most up market NY's department stores. Its origins date back to 1867 when Andrew Saks opened his business and later incorporated it in New York (1902) as Saks & Company. In 1924 Horace Saks and Bernard Gimbel set up Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City.

At present Saks manages 53 Saks Fifth Avenue stores in the USA and 52 Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH stores, which offer discount collections. Moreover the Saks Fifth Avenue licensed stores operate in Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., Mexico and Bahrain.

Nevertheless, the Saks in New York has remained the most iconic of all Saks stores. It is called by locals a shopping institution with all of the best American and European brands gathered on 10 floors and under one roof. Among most worshiped sections is the shoe department which offers amazing collections of footwear.