Saks Off Fifth closing 9 stores in the US

Another one bites the dust.

It’s a sad day for savvy shoppers and the end of an era, some might say. Saks Off 5th , the off-price department store and sister to Saks Fifth Avenue, is closing nine stores across the US, with several in the tri-state area.

In an effort to “place greater attention to our high-performing and high-potential store locations,” the company decided to close stores in Austin, Texas, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Franklin Mall in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh North (McKnight Road), Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, East Hanover, New Jersey, Niagara Falls, New York and West Hartford, Connecticut.

While these stores won’t shutter until the new year, the main Saks Off 5th store in NYC on the Upper East Side (125 E 57th Street) will officially close its doors on December 31.