FILE - Shoppers walk into the Neiman Marcus retail department store at NorthPark shopping center in Dallas, March 30, 2023. The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue has signed a deal to buy upscale rival Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion. The buyout was announced Thursday, July 4, 2024, after months of rumors that the department store chains had been negotiating a deal. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE — A Saks & Company doorman opens the 50th Street store entrance for customers, in New York, May 21, 1996. The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue has signed a deal to buy upscale rival Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion. The buyout was announced Thursday, July 4, 2024, after months of rumors that the department store chains had been negotiating a deal. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
A Neiman Marcus sign is shown in San Francisco, Sunday, March 17, 2024. The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue has signed a deal, Thursday, July 4, 2024, to buy upscale rival Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)