The company began as Proffitt's, Incorporated with just five Proffitt's stores in metropolitan Knoxville, Tennessee. From 1994 to 1998, we added McRae's, Younkers, Parisian, Herberger's, Carson Pirie Scott, Boston Store, and Bergner's chains, as well as 32 additional stores from Lovemans, Hess, Parks-Belk, and Brody's, which were converted into existing store nameplates.
Retailer Saks Incorporated is engage to operate Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE), which consists of 55 Saks Fifth Avenue stores, 50 Saks Off 5th stores, and saks.com. The Company also operates its Saks Department Store Group (SDSG) with 181 department stores under the names of Parisian, Younkers, Herberger's, Carson Pirie Scott, Bergner's, and Boston Store and 53 Club Libby Lu specialty stores.