Saks Global, continuing to rebuild its management team, has promoted Amy Raimondi to senior vice president of buying for women’s apparel at both Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.
Raimondi now oversees buying across the contemporary, evening, lifestyle, lingerie, outerwear, swim and children’s categories for Saks and Neiman’s. She reports to Paolo Riva, chief buying officer for Saks and Neiman’s.
Raimondi started her career 20 years ago within the Saks merchandising team, taking on roles of increasing responsibility. Most recently, she served as vice president of brand partnerships and buying, women’s contemporary ready-to-wear for Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. She succeeds Dayna Ziegler who last week joined Macy’s in a role overseeing ready-to-wear.
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Saks Global credited Raimondi for launching many brands at Saks, including ready-to-wear from Camilla, Nicholas, Toccin, Jenni Kayne, Favorite Daughter and Guest in Residence. The luxury retailer also credited Raimondi with “significant matrix expansion and growth in top brands,” citing Zimmermann, L’Agence, Staud, TWP, Ulla Johnson, Jonathan Simkhai, Cinq à Sept, Cara Cara, Milly, Ramy Brook, Rag & Bone and Polo.
In other highlights of her career at Saks, Raimondi led the redevelopment of the Fifth Avenue flagship’s fifth floor, creating a denim destination and shops for Staud and Simkhai there; launched the ski, tennis, pickleball and golf categories at Saks; secured the Saks Fifth Avenue x Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary collaboration with Favorite Daughter in January 2025; launched the Halston x Netflix capsule collection at Saks in fall 2021, and executed the LoveShackFancy x Visit Savannah exclusive collaboration. She served as a buyer for the launch of Saks’ innovative 10022-Shoe floor in 2007, for which the U.S. Postal Service granted it its own ZIP code.
Last week, executives from bankrupt Saks Global told WWD that they are making progress getting vendors shipping again, and that spring goods are flowing into the stores. The development follows the company’s successful bid to secure access to $825 million of the $1.75 billion in committed capital it secured to see it through the bankruptcy process.
The company said shipping agreements have been secured with “an initial cohort” of 120 luxury conglomerates and independent brands and that since mid-January, a total of 380-plus brands have resumed shipping, releasing inventory receipts with a retail value of about $1.2 billion, representing 75 percent of planned receipts for the first quarter, which runs from February to April.
“With Amy’s extensive experience and robust knowledge of our business, I am confident in her ability to lead this team in curating an exceptional assortment of women’s fashion,” Riva said in a statement Tuesday. “Amy is a seasoned leader in women’s buying, with a nearly 20-year tenure on the Saks Fifth Avenue merchandising team. As we focus on offering expertly curated product assortments, Amy’s leadership will be key to delivering inspiring women’s fashion to our customers across Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.”
“Together, we will continue to curate an exceptional assortment that inspires our customers with exciting opportunities for fashion discovery,” Raimondi said. “In partnership with our valued brand partners, I look forward to advancing our curation while meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectations.”
Aside from Saks and Neiman’s, Saks Global operates Bergdorf Goodman which maintains a separate buying organization. Saks Global is also in the process of liquidating most of its Saks Off 5th business. Overwhelmed by weak sales and a heavy debt load after the company’s $2.7 billion Neiman Marcus acquisition, Saks Global filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Jan. 14.
