Three New Saks OFF 5TH Stores Slated

New York City Saks Inc. said Tuesday that it will open three new Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH stores in 2009.

The stores will be located in The Legends at Sparks Marina in Reno-Sparks, Nev., in May 2009; in Cincinnati Premium Outlets in Monroe, Ohio, in August 2009, and in Grand Prairie Prime Outlets in Grand Prairie (metropolitan Dallas), Texas in November 2009. Each store will be 28,000 sq. ft.

The stores will be located in The Legends at Sparks Marina in Reno-Sparks, Nev., in May 2009; in Cincinnati Premium Outlets in Monroe, Ohio, in August 2009, and in Grand Prairie Prime Outlets in Grand Prairie (metropolitan Dallas), Texas in November 2009. Each store will be 28,000 sq. ft.

Each new OFF 5TH location will be designed after Sak’s new prototype store, which is a “luxury loft environment” that highlights the merchandise and makes shopping easy. The store is bright and uncluttered, with no hard aisles and one consistent hard-surface floor throughout. All fixtures are on casters, ensuring ease in movement, and all hardware is interchangeable between fixtures.

Saks currently operates 54 Saks Fifth Avenue stores, 48 Saks OFF 5TH stores, and saks.com. The company also operates Club Libby Lu specialty stores.