Galeries Lafayette
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The Galeries Lafayette is a French department store company.
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[edit] History
In 1893 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. 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.
[edit] Paris flagship store
The flagship store of Galeries Lafayette in Paris, is a 10-stories department store. It is located at 40, boulevard Haussmann, in the IXe arrondissement.
[edit] Access
Stations Paris metro: Chausee d'Antin La Fayette Havre-Caumartin Opéra Madeleine Saint-Saint Lazare and RER - AuberFurther details available at: [1]
[edit] Berlin store
The Berlin, Germany, store was designed by Jean Nouvel and constructed between 1991 and 1995. It opened in 1996.
[edit] New York store
A Lafayette location opened in Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, but it was unsuccessful and went out of business.
[edit] Statistics
As of 2006:
- Employees : 12,022
- Number of stores : 63, including 10 affiliated outlets
- Net sales : €1,621.7 million
[edit] Galeries Lafayette Group
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] External links
- Galeries Lafayette department stores website
- Berlin store website
- About the Berlin store
- Pictures of the Berlin store
- Galeries Lafayette Group website
