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Galeries Lafayette Haussmann, the flagship store, is located on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, near Opera Garnier, at the corner of Rue La Fayette, close to Chaussée d'Antin – La Fayette Paris Métro station.
Nouvelles Galeries is a French department store chain owned and operated by Galeries Lafayette. Founded in 1897 the chain previously was one of the largest department store chains in France however now only has two locations.
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The Galeries Lafayette on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris, Christmas 2004. The station was originally named Chaussée d'Antin after the street of Chaussée d'Antin—which was named after himself by Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin, first Duke of Antin (1665–1736) in 1712.
Its flagship store, known in French as "le Printemps Haussmann" (French: [lə pʁɛ̃tɑ̃ osman]), is located on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, along with other well-known department stores like the Galeries Lafayette.
Alphonse Kahn was born in Kolbsheim, (Alsace, France) on December 9, 1864 to Salomon Kahn et Rosalie (Rosa) Kahn. [2] His wife was named Georgette. [3]On December 13, 1893, Kahn joined forces with his Alsatian cousin Théophile Bader to create the general partnership Alphonse Kahn & Cie, which operated the first store, Aux Galeries Lafayette, which opened at 1 rue La Fayette in Paris in ...
In 1893, Bader and his cousin Alphonse Kahn opened a 70 square meter haberdashery called Les Galeries. [1] On December 21, 1895, they acquired an entire building at 1 Rue La Fayette. They incorporated the Galeries Lafayette on September 1, 1899. During this period, the Galeries had their own studios where they manufactured clothing. [2]
After the Nazi defeat of France in 1940, Les Galeries Lafayette was "Aryanized", that is, all the Jewish owners were removed and replaced by non-Jews.Théophile Bader and his sons-in-laws, Raoul Meyer and Max Heilbronn, all three administrators of the store, as well as 129 Jewish employees were forced to resign.