Background
He was born to a German Jewish family, in Baltimore, Maryland, Saks became a peddlar and paper boy who moved to Washington, District of Columbia
He was born to a German Jewish family, in Baltimore, Maryland, Saks became a peddlar and paper boy who moved to Washington, District of Columbia
To establish a men"s clothing store. He established a successful clothing business in 1867, and opened a store in New York on 34th Street in 1902 as Saks & Company. with Gimbel Brothers, Incorporated., in 1923. On September 15, 1924, Horace Saks and Bernard Gimbel opened Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City.