Saks Fifth chief says luxury retail has been ‘comfort food’ for some shoppers during the pandemic

A pedestrian passes in front of the Saks Fifth Avenue Inc. women’s store at Brookfield Place in New York, U.S. Allison Joyce | Bloomberg | Getty Images Saks Fifth Avenue Chief Executive Marc Metrick said luxury retail has been like “comfort food” for some shoppers during the Covid-19 pandemic. “People were buying things in the height of the pandemic that there was no absolute functional end use for, but they love the fashion,” Metrick said Thursday during a virtual presentation at the National Retail Federation’s Big Show event. “I think…