Galeries Lafayette

The Galeries Lafayette is a French department store company.

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.

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.

Access

Stations Paris metro: Chausee d'Antin La Fayette Havre-Caumartin Opéra Madeleine Saint-Saint Lazare and RER - AuberFurther details available at: [http://www.ratp.fr]

Berlin store

The Berlin, Germany, store was designed by Jean Nouvel and constructed between 1991 and 1995. It opened in 1996.

New York store

A Lafayette location opened in Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, but it was unsuccessful and went out of business.

tatistics

As of 2006:

*Employees : 12,022
*Number of stores : 63, including 10 affiliated outlets
*Net sales : €1,621.7 million

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

External links

* [http://www.galerieslafayette.com/ Galeries Lafayette department stores website]
* [http://www.lafayette-berlin.de Berlin store website]
* [http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/lafayette/ About the Berlin store]
* [http://www.berlin-en-ligne.com/lafayette.php Pictures of the Berlin store]
* [http://www.groupegalerieslafayette.fr/ Galeries Lafayette Group website]