Saks Fifth Avenue to open first western Canada store

By

Obi Anyanwu

Published
May 31, 2016

Saks Fifth Avenue on Tuesday announced plans to open its first Western Canada store in Calgary, Alberta. The new store will be the luxury retailer’s third Canadian retail location.

 
The 115,000-square-foot, two-level store is expected to open in January 2018 at CF Chinook Centre. The new store will feature a full service Fifth Avenue Club with private suites for personal shopping consultants, as well as a full assortment of merchandise ranging from women’s designer, contemporary and ready-to-wear apparel, menswear, beauty, jewelry, shoes and handbags.
 
"Following our incredibly successful entry into Canada earlier this year, we are excited to bring Saks Fifth Avenue to Western Canada in 2018. Our strategy is to opportunistically open new stores where we have the customer, the right location and we are able to deliver a consistent Saks brand edit, focused on modern fashion. Calgary, specifically the CF Chinook Centre, fits these criteria and is a logical next step in our Canadian expansion,” commented Marc Metrick, President, Saks Fifth Avenue.

Saks in February opened two full-line stores in Canada at CF Toronto Eaton Centre and CF Sherway Gardens. The luxury retailer also announced in May two new Canadian Off 5th locations in Toronto and Edmonton.
 
As part of Hudson’s Bay Company, the luxury retailer operates 40 full lines stores in 22 states and Canada, and five international licensed stores.