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Galeries Lafayette
The Galeries Lafayette is a French department store company.
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Paris flagship store
The flagship store of Galeries Lafayette in Paris, France is a 10-storeys store. It is located at 40, boulevard Haussmann , in the IXe arrondissement. It is served by the Métro stations: Havre-Caumartin and Opéra.
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.
Berlin store
The Berlin, Germany, store was designed by Jean Nouvel between 1991 and 1995, and opened in 1996.
Galeries Lafayette Group
The Group owns the following subsidiaries:
- Galeries Lafayette
- Nouvelles Galeries
- Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville (BHV)
- MONOPRIX
- Prisunic
- Inno
- Lafayette Gourmet
- Cofinoga
- e-LaSer
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