Hirshleifers

Hirshleifers
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail, Department store
Founded
HeadquartersManhasset, New York, U.S.
Revenue$100 million (2024)
OwnerHirshleifer family
Number of employees
143 (2024)
Websitewww.hirshleifers.com

Hirshleifers (/ˈhɜrʃ.laɪ.fɚz/; HURSH-ly-ferz) is an American speciality retailer and department store focussed on high fashion, streetwear and accessories.[1][2] Founded in 1910 in Brooklyn, New York, originally being a furrier, the company expanded to Americana Manhasset in Manhasset, New York in the 1960s.[3] It is currently run by the fourth and fifth generation of the Hirshleifer family and carries over 100 luxury brands such as Chanel, Celine, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and Dries Van Noten.[4][5]

History

Hirshleifers was started in 1910 as J. Hirshleifer by Jewish immigrant Jacob Hirshleifer, originally from Austrian Galicia, in 1870. When his son joined the family business, initially a furrier, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, it was renamed J. Hirshleifer & Son.[6] The company was incorporated in Manhasset, New York on October 28, 1962 upon moving to the new department store location.

References

  1. ^ "THE STORY OF HIRSHLEIFERS | ABOUT US". HIRSHLEIFERS. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  2. ^ "New York's Best Store Is in a Mall in the Middle of Long Island". W Magazine. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  3. ^ "Shelley, Caryn & Lori Hirshleifer | BoF 500 | The People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  4. ^ Magazine, Rory Satran | Photography by Kathy Lo for WSJ (2024-05-04). "This Fifth-Generation Department Store Is Winning the Luxury Game". WSJ. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  5. ^ "Hirshleifers: A Family Business's Succession Planning - Bloomberg Business". Archived from the original on 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  6. ^ Julianelli, Jane (1995-11-12). "The Women Behind a Fashion Dynasty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-07-09.