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Saks Global files for bankruptcy after Neiman Marcus takeover leads to financial collapse

By Thomson Reuters Jan 13, 2026 | 10:53 PM

Jan 13 (Reuters) – High-end department store conglomerate Saks Global ‍filed for bankruptcy protection late on Tuesday in one of the largest ‌retail collapses ‌since the pandemic.

The move cast uncertainty over the future of U.S. luxury ​fashion barely a year ‍after a ​takeover that brought ​Saks Fifth Avenue, ‍Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus under the same roof.

(Reporting by Juveria Tabassum, ‍Anuja Bharat Mistry, Sanskriti Shekhar and Savyata ‍Mishra ‍in Bengaluru and ​Nicholas P. ​Brown ⁠and Dietrich Knauth ‌in New York; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila, Lisa Jucca, Rosalba O’Brien and Jamie ⁠Freed)