Saks Fifth Avenue

Just Jared (blog)Rihanna Shops Saks Fifth AvenueJust Jared (blog)Rihanna takes pictures with fans while shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue on Tuesday (December 22) in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 21-year-old Bajan songstress ...  

Rihanna was spotted getting some last minute Christmas shopping in at Saks Fifth Ave Tuesday (Dec 22) in Beverly Hills. You can also catch the pop singer when she performs next Thursday night (Dec 31) during Carson Daly’s New Year’s Eve special on NBC. The show will air in HD [...]  

EVENTS • Head over to Stella Filante for the Champagne-and-shopping Thursdays during the holiday season. Enjoy bubbly and 30 percent off select winter merchandise. 156 Ludlow St., nr. Stanton St. (646-484-5889); noon–8. SALES ENDING TOMORROW • Select designer merchandise for women and men is 30 to 40 percent off at Saks Fifth Avenue. 611 Fifth Ave., at 50th St. (212-753-4000); W (10–8:30), Th (10–6). ONGOING • Donate a used coat to Barbour...  

Saks Fifth Avenue's 2009 Christmas windows tell the story of a timid little snowflake called Twinkle. There is a also a tie-in book from HarperCollins called Twinkle, Twinkle Little Flake. Here is a video of Sak's window display. Take a look: Saks also put on a light show featuring snowflakes on the side of its flagship Fifth Avenue store earlier this month with help from Microsoft and Windows 7. Take a look: Posted in Holiday...  

Saks Fifth Avenue plans to lay off 116 staffers in the cosmetics and fragrance department by the end of January. Management says the decision is part of a larger plan to have each of the beauty counters hire its own employees, like 70 percent of the floor already does, including Clinique, Lancôme, and Chanel. The timing of this decision is somewhat suspicious, as it comes right when all the beauty-department workers had been petitioning...  

A bastion of classic New York grandeur, Saks Fifth Avenue's latest accolade is a nomination for the Luxist Readers' Choice Award for Best Department Store. The century-old purveyor of luxury goods boasts 53 stores in 25 states, as well as a handful of foreign franchise stores. The New York flagship's shoe department is so large that it has its own zipcode. That same store opened in 1924 under the supervision of owners Andrew Saks and Bernard...  

It might not be snowing yet, but Saks Fifth Avenue's new holiday windows have enough fake snow to last you all season. The retailer's new holiday book, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Flake, inspired the displays, which feature glittery flakes that drizzle down each pane and fake snowdust gathered in piles at the bottom. There are also video monitors that show tweets tagged with #holidaywindows, which is a result of the retailer's new...  

This is the Microsoft PC Lounge at Saks Fifth Avenue. Looks a tad uncomfortable! Also, Twitter. Microsoft is sponsoring a Twitter feed with the hashtag #HolidayWindows that runs in a window outside. The results are, um, interesting so far. Surely you can do better, try it. [Microsoft via 9to5Mac]  

Saks Fifth Avenue today started selling the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness, a fashion phone with a unique see-through screen, for $990. [via Mobiledia]  

Saks Fifth Avenue will layoff more than 100 workers in the cosmetics and fragrance department at its New York City flagship store, according to a report published overnight by The New York Post. The cuts will be made at the end of January. According to the report, the retailer said the layoffs are part of a strategic plan to let cosmetics and fragrance brands fully staff the counters—a strategy adopted this summer throughout the rest of the...  

Saks has launched the Saks Fifth Avenue Collection food program to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Now through December 24th, 5% of the purchase price of select Saks Fifth Avenue Collection treats and New York Candy Company sweets -- identified by a green St. Jude sticker -- will be donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. All items are available in Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide and on saks.com and range in...  

Coral Gables, FL, November 10, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Join Saks Fifth Avenue, Dadeland and Special Olympics Miami-Dade County for the 2nd Annual Fall Fashion Show Event benefitting the Special Olympics athletes of Miami-Dade County. The Fall Fashion ...  

FASHION CALENDAR: Judith Ripka jewelry trunk show in Saks/BocaFashion (blog)31: Saks Fifth Avenue in Bal Harbour Shops present a Sisley event for a dramatic New Year's Eve look with makeup artist Alfredo from 11 am to 6 pm To book ...and more »  

BRITISH tailoring designer Emma Willis is launching in Saks Fifth Avenue later this month and the designer could not be more excited to have completed the move across the Atlantic. "When I confirmed the Saks order I felt that I had taken a big ...  

What is it with Saks Fifth Avenue employees? Earlier this year there was the ol' "it was for charity" excuse, which was prequeled by all of these incidents. Now another employee has been busted for siphoning around $130,000 from his employer. 23-year-old Kashien Mercer is the latest to use the store as his personal ATM; too bad he was "caught on surveillance video behind a cash register crediting some of the illegal returns to the gift card...