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List of department stores
Galeries Lafayette
The Galeries Lafayette is a French department store company Contents
Paris Flagship Store
The flagship store of Galeries Lafayette in Paris, France is a 10-story store. It is located at 40, boulevard Haussmann, in the IXe arrondissement History
In 1893 Theophile Bader and his cousin Alphonse Kahn opened a fashion store in a small haberdasher's shop at the corner of Lafayette and Chaussée d'Antin streets. 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 Théophile 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 The store was designated as an historic monument A Lafayette location opened in Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, but it was unsuccessful and went out of business Berlin Store
The Berlin, Germany, store was designed by Jean Nouvel between 1991 and 1995, and opened in 1996 Le salon Prestige c'est de la balle Galeries Lafayette Group
The Group owns the following subsidiaries: External Links
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