Despite efforts from Dallas city officials to keep the downtown Neiman Marcus flagship afloat 鈥� including the announcement Monday the city had acquired the deed to the property 鈥� the decision to close the luxury retailer is 鈥渇inal,鈥� a Saks Global spokesperson said Tuesday.
City officials and members of a group of local city and business leaders called the Dallas Consortium for the Downtown Neiman Marcus said they planned to meet with Saks Global executives Wednesday to discuss the future of the flagship store.
But Saks said while they鈥檙e open to hearing the Consortium鈥檚 perspective, a meeting hasn鈥檛 been 鈥渃onfirmed鈥� and the company's been denied several attempts to meet directly with Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert.
鈥淭he Dallas Consortium鈥檚 ongoing tactic of using the press to pressure us into changing our strategy in Dallas is highly unproductive,鈥� Saks said in an email. 鈥淓ven after our corrections to their previous false statements, they continue to go to the press, making inaccurate claims. Our decision to close the Neiman Marcus Downtown Dallas store is final and we are moving forward as such.鈥�
四虎影院 reached out to the city for a comment.
The battle to keep Neiman Marcus open is one that鈥檚 been going on for more than a decade, according to Saks, and is 鈥渁 far more complicated situation than what the public is being led to believe.鈥�
Saks Global, Neiman Marcus' owner since last year, announced the store's closure earlier this month and said the decision came after they were notified by a landlord to terminate its occupancy.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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