Parisian Inc. (/pəˈriːʒən/, pə-REE-zhən[1][2]) was an American chain of upmarket department stores founded and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

Competing mainly through the 1980s against Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Gus Mayer, Parisian underwent a series of restructurings and mergers during its 130-year history, and was taken over by Proffitt’s, Inc. in 1996.

Hess's son Emil and Holiner's son-in-law, Leonard Salit, bought the chain in 1950 and established its first credit program.

[4] By the early 1990s, Parisian had opened its first stores outside the Southeastern United States: in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.

Proffitt's continued to make acquisitions, buying the Carson Pirie Scott chain of 52 stores in the Midwest in 1997 and Brody's in North Carolina in 1998.

Under the agreement, Bon-Ton was allowed to operate the four locations under the Parisian nameplate for an agreed amount of time.

The stores were located in: By 2012, stores located in Laurel Park Place in Livonia, The Mall at Partridge Creek in Clinton Township, and The Village of Rochester Hills in Rochester Hills, continued to operate under the Parisian name.