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saks fifth avenue shoe salon by linda luong luck; holt renfrew photo by ainsley boyd. parking, and free delivery within downtown Toronto. Additionally, Nordstrom has several amenities of particular interest to visitors to the city; namely language ambassadors, and through the CF Toronto Eaton Centre location, a concierge who can book restaurant reservations and make sightseeing suggestions, and 24-hour express services available seven days a week to tackle fashion emergencies such as lost luggage. These are just a couple of the ways Nordstrom is striving to create an enjoyable luxury shopping experience says John Bailey, a Nordstrom spokesperson. “Our customer is anyone who loves fashion,” Bailey remarks. “We want to be an inclusive place to shop and we strive to bring customers great fashion in a wide range of prices.” Besides Nordstrom, another major American department store made its Toronto debut early in 2016: Saks Fifth Avenue. The opening of a 163,000-squarefoot location in the CF Toronto Eaton Centre and a 150,000-square-foot location in CF Sherway Gardens in Toronto’s west end introduced customers to some of the store’s signature services such as The Fifth Avenue Club, a personal shopping and styling division, and in-store beauty salons by John Barrett. Both locations also feature Saks Fifth Avenue’s signature women’s shoe salon 10022-SHOE, as well as essential toronto 2016-2017 // where.ca 45