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| Company type | Department store |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1877 |
| Defunct | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
| Products | Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. |
| Parent | Parisian (1877-1988) LJ Hooker (1988-1989) Independent (1989-1996) Proffitt's (1996-1998) Saks, Inc. (1998-2006) |
Parisian Inc. (/pəˈriːʒən/, pə-REE-zhən[1][2]) was an American chain of upmarket department stores founded and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. Competing mainly through the 1980s against Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Gus Mayer, Parisian underwent a series of restructurings and mergers during its 130-year history, and was taken over by Proffitt’s, Inc. in 1996. In September 2006, Belk purchased Parisian from Saks for $285 million with twenty-four locations later becoming Belk by September 2007. Belk sold four stores in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio to The Bon-Ton in October 2006. Bon-Ton operated these stores individually under the Parisian name until 2013 when the exclusive marketing rights to operate under the Parisian name expired, marking the end of this upmarket department store.
- ^ Parisian television commercial. 0:30. 1987. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ 1987 Parisian opening. WDEF News 12. 1:38. August 1987. Retrieved 5 January 2022.