Gus Mayer is a Birmingham-based, family-owned, upscale specialty department store
that caters to upper-end clientele and is known for its high-end fashions. The
two-store chain is owned by the Pizitz Management Group. It has locations at
Colonial Brookwood Village in the Greater Birmingham and The Mall at Green Hills
in Nashville, both of which are known as high-end retail centers.
Typical
brands carried include Seven for All Mankind, Juicy Couture, Dolce & Gabbana,
Roberta Cavalli, Gianfranco Ferre, Michael Kors, Zang Toi, Zac Posen, Lela
Rose, St. John, Monique Lhuillier, and Burberry.
It was founded in
1900; the original Gus Mayer department store was located on Canal Street in
New Orleans. At one time, it had more than 20 stores across the Southeast and Southwest.
In
1975, when the stores were being sold off individually,
the Pizitz family purchased the Birmingham operation and later added the Nashville
location. These two are the only remaining Gus Mayer stores today. |
