Galeries Lafayette
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| Location | Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, France |
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| Opening date | 1895[1] |
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home store: 5 men's store: 4 main store: 10 |
| Website | Galeries Lafayette department stores website |
The Galeries Lafayette (French pronunciation: [ɡalʁi lafajɛt]) is a French department store company.
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[edit] History
In 1895, Théophile Bader and his cousin Alphonse Kahn opened a fashion store in a small haberdasher's shop at the corner of rue La Fayette and the Chaussée d'Antin, Paris.[1] In 1896, the company purchased the entire building at n°1 rue La Fayette and in 1905 the buildings at n°38, 40 et 42, boulevard Haussmann and n°15 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin. Bader commissioned Georges Chedanne and then his pupil Ferdinand Chanut to design the layout of the Haussmann location. A glass and steel dome, and Art Nouveau staircases were built in 1912.
[edit] Paris flagship store
The flagship store of Galeries Lafayette in Paris is a 10-story structure located at 40, boulevard Haussmann, in the IXe arrondissement.
[edit] Access
Stations on Paris metro: Chaussée d'Antin – La Fayette, Havre-Caumartin, Opéra, Madeleine, Saint-Lazare, and RER - Auber. Further details available at: Transports en Île-de-France.
[edit] Berlin store
The Berlin, Germany, store was designed by Jean Nouvel and constructed between 1991 and 1995. It opened in 1996.[2]
[edit] Casablanca store
In 2008, the store announced a licensing agreement to open a store in Morocco Mall in 2010. Galeries Lafayette previously operated a store in Casablanca from the 1920s through the early 1970s.[3]
[edit] New York store
A Lafayette location opened in Trump Tower in New York City in September 1991, but it was unsuccessful and closed after only three years.[4]
[edit] Dubai Store
A Galeries Lafayette store opened in Dubai Mall 18 May 2009.[5] In February 2011, the store unveiled Dubai's first gold ATM. Shoppers can insert cash and receive a corresponding amount of gold nuggets or coins.[6]
[edit] Statistics
As of 2000:
- Employees : 12,022
- Number of stores : 63, including 10 affiliated outlets
- Net sales : €1,621.7 million
[edit] Gallery
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The Galeries Lafayette on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris, Christmas 2004.
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Detail of the dome and balconies from the ground floor
[edit] Galeries Lafayette Group
The Galeries Lafayette Group has its head office in Paris.[7]
The Group owns the following subsidiaries:
- Galeries Lafayette
- Nouvelles Galeries
- Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville (BHV)
- MONOPRIX
- Prisunic
- Lafayette Gourmet
- Cofinoga
- e-LaSer
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "History". Groupe Galeries Lafayette. http://www.groupegalerieslafayette.fr/en/histoire/trajectoire.htm. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Jay Berman (1999). "Galeries Lafayette, Berlin". Galinsky. http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/lafayette/. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Stewart Todd (1 December 2008). "Morocco: Galeries Lafayette set to return to Casablanca". Just-Style. http://www.just-style.com/news/galeries-lafayette-set-to-return-to-casablanca_id102698.aspx. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ "Galeries Lafayette to Close New York Store" (Press release). The Free Library. 30 August 1994. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GALERIES+LAFAYETTE+TO+CLOSE+NEW+YORK+STORE-a015767850. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ "Galeries Lafayette". The Dubai Mall. http://www.thedubaimall.com/en/shop/galeries-lafayette-3. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ "Dubai’s first gold ATM unveiled at Galeries Lafayette". Al Arabiya News. 18 February 2011. http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/02/18/138160.html. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ "Privacy Policy." Groipe Galeries Lafayette. Retrieved on 5 February 2010.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Galeries Lafayette |
- Galeries Lafayette
- Galeries Lafayette department stores website (French)
- Galeries Lafayette Group website
- Galeries Lafayette Group website (French)
- Berlin store website
- About the Berlin store
- Pictures of the Berlin store
Coordinates: 48°52′24.45″N 2°19′55.67″E / 48.8734583°N 2.3321306°E
