Editing Saks Fifth Avenue (section)

=== Acquisition by Batus ===
More expansion followed through in the 1990s particularly into Texas, Florida and California. Plans to open in [[Mexico City]] were also scrapped following the [[Mexican peso crisis]] in 1995. the store was set to open at the Molière222 mall in [[Polanco]], [[El Palacio de Hierro]] then took over the site where they still operate.<ref>{{Cite web |author=W. W. D. Staff |date=1995-10-23 |title=SAKS CONFIRMS MEXICO CITY PLANS ERASED |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/article-1150683/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref> California-based [[I. Magnin]] closed in 1995, allowing Saks to acquire some of their locations and open in San Diego's [[Fashion Valley]] and expand in [[Carmel, California|Carmel]]. As in the 1950s, the company opened a wave of smaller "Main Street" stores in suburbs with downtown shopping, such as [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]], and [[La Jolla, San Diego|San Diego's La Jolla]] in California, and in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]], and [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref name=timeline/> In Texas, Saks acquired 3 Texas locations where [[Marshall Fields]] was exiting. In 1997 Saks moved its main Houston store from the [[Saks Fifth Avenue Center of Fashion|Saks Pavilion]] to [[The Galleria]] and added a new location at Town & Country. In the [[Dallas Galleria]], Saks moved within the mall to a larger location. In addition to the former Field's locations, Saks Austin opened in 1997 and Fort Worth in 2000.<ref name=texas>{{cite news |title=Saks Appeal (box "Saks in Texas") |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-saks-in-texas/134359929/ |access-date=October 30, 2023 |publisher=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=September 15, 1999}}</ref>

In Florida in the 1990s, 7 Saks Fifth Avenue stores opened, for a total of 11 stores by the end of the decade, adding Palm Beach Gardens,<ref name="ftlauderdale-closing">{{cite news |last1=Giovis |first1=Jaclyn |title=Saks Quits Galleria |url=https://newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-saks-quits-ga/134429482/ |access-date=1 November 2023 |work=South Florida Sun Sentinel |date=13 May 2008 |pages=41}}</ref> Naples,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bartley |first1=Jaynie |title=THIRTY AND THRIVING Naples' go-to shopping center celebrates 30 years, with new legacy retailers and renovated storefronts. |url=https://www.gulfshorelife.com/2022/09/01/thirty-and-thriving/ |access-date=October 23, 2023 |publisher=Gulfshore Life |date=September 1, 2022}}</ref> Fort Myers,<ref name="fortmyers-opening">{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Annie |title=Store adapts to need |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-store-adapts-to-need/134426299/ |via = Newspapers.com | access-date=1 November 2023 |work=News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida) |date=7 November 1996 |page=10}}</ref> Orlando,<ref name="orlando-opening">{{cite news |title=Rivals say Saks will be good for business |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-rivals-say-saks-wil/134427225/ |access-date=1 November 2023 |work=The Orlando Sentinel |date=18 November 1996 |pages=6}}</ref> Sarasota,<ref name="sarasota1">{{cite news |last1=Albright |first1=Mark |title=Saks opening in Sarasota |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1996/11/15/saks-opening-in-sarasota/ |access-date=October 31, 2023 |publisher=Tampa Bay Times |date=November 15, 1996}}</ref> Tampa<ref name="tampa-opening">{{cite news |last1=Albright |first1=Mark |title=Saks will dress up upscale in bay area |url=https://newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times/134428342/ |access-date=1 November 2023 |work=Tampa Bay Times |date=11 November 1998 |pages=45}}</ref> and doubled the size of its Boca Raton store.<ref name="boca-double">{{cite news |last1=Moin |first1=David |title=Saks Doubles Space at New Boca Raton Locatiin |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/article-1087718/ |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=WWD |date=19 October 1999}}</ref>