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Saks Fifth Avenue parent reportedly exploring bankruptcy as last-resort option
www.proactiveinvestors.com ^ | December 23, 2025 | Emily Jarvie

Posted on 12/23/2025 10:56:42 AM PST by Red Badger

Saks Global Enterprises, the parent company of luxury department store chain Saks Fifth Avenue, is considering a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing as a last-resort option to address mounting liquidity constraints and near-term debt obligations, according to a Bloomberg report.

The publication reported that Saks is evaluating bankruptcy as part of a broader effort to manage its balance sheet rather than as an imminent filing.

The company faces a debt payment of more than $100 million due by the end of December, limiting its financial flexibility.

According to the report, which cited people with knowledge of the matter, Saks has been exploring several alternatives to avoid a court-supervised restructuring, including raising emergency financing, selling assets, and negotiating with lenders for additional liquidity.

The company has also been reassessing the priority of certain debt obligations as part of its broader turnaround efforts.

Saks Global has not publicly commented on the report.


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1 posted on 12/23/2025 10:56:42 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

They are negotiating the issues with the threat of bankruptcy filing at this time. Saves all the legal court things.


2 posted on 12/23/2025 11:00:10 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Yep, they tell the creditors they are ‘thinking’ of bankruptcy to get them to agree to a longer term.

But I see no upside to this. Their customers have grown old and are dying off rapidly. The young well-to-do use Amazon................


3 posted on 12/23/2025 11:10:41 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

I wonder how much Saks Global has lost paying “reparations” to gangs of looting ‘teens?’


4 posted on 12/23/2025 11:11:00 AM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: Red Badger

They went woke and one of the things did was stop carrying Trump’s daughters merch


5 posted on 12/23/2025 11:14:41 AM PST by arkfreepdom
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To: Red Badger

I’ve never seen anything Saks level on Amazon...


6 posted on 12/23/2025 11:17:17 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

A lot of Saks’ vendors are now selling on Amazon. In part because Saks stopped paying them. Saks is in a death spiral, largely due to them missing the boat on e-commerce, failing to appeal to anyone born after 1973, and just being completely tone deaf.


7 posted on 12/23/2025 11:19:05 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Red Badger

If anyone even thinks of shedding a tear for these clowns this link will cure it:

https://www.saksfifthavenue.com/c/the-edit-content/053122/lgbtq-fashion

Go woke.

Go broke.

Bye bye!


8 posted on 12/23/2025 11:20:56 AM PST by cgbg (The master is nice only when the dog behaves as expected.)
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To: Red Badger

11, not 7.

That’s the important part.

More here...

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2025/12/23/saks-global-neiman-marcus-chapter-11-bankruptcy.html


9 posted on 12/23/2025 11:23:23 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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To: Red Badger

At this point, I wouldn’t recommend new lending except as part of post petition priority financing.

The usual response to “lend me more money or I’ll file for bankruptcy” is “File for bankruptcy and I’ll lend you money”.


10 posted on 12/23/2025 11:34:20 AM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35

Whoever said, “Nobody ever went broke catering to rich people.” didn’t live in this Internet era.............


11 posted on 12/23/2025 11:36:12 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Jamestown1630

The problem is those of us who grew up buying things that fit now people don’t care if it fits, they just spray-and-pray.


12 posted on 12/24/2025 6:19:46 AM PST by WhiteHatBobby0701
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To: WhiteHatBobby0701

Do department stores still offer alterations? I remember when that was common; but I don’t shop in stores anymore. (Even the less fancy department stores had beauty salons, too; the ones near me ceased long ago.)


13 posted on 12/24/2025 8:07:50 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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