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La Samaritaine (French pronunciation: [la samaʁitɛn]) is a large department store in Paris owned by LVMH. It is located in the first arrondissement; the nearest métro station is Pont-Neuf, directly in front at the quai du Louvre and the rue de la Monnaie. [ 1] The company was owned by Ernest Cognacq and Marie-Louise Ja who hired architect ...
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Galeries Lafayette. The Galeries Lafayette ( French pronunciation: [ɡalʁi lafajɛt]) is an upmarket French department store chain, the biggest in Europe. Its flagship store is on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris but it now operates a number of locations in France and other countries. In 2019, Galeries Lafayette recorded ...
Printemps ( / præ̃ˈtɒ̃ /; French: [pʁɛ̃tɑ̃], lit. ' springtime ') is a French chain of department stores ( grands magasins, lit. 'big stores') with a focus on beauty, lifestyle, fashion, accessories, and men's wear. Its flagship store, known in French as "le Printemps Haussmann" ( French: [lə pʁɛ̃tɑ̃ osman] ), is located on ...
Department store. A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic appearance in the middle of the 19th century, and permanently reshaped shopping habits ...
Shortly after the turn of the century, Moreno Cicurel opened a new large department store named Les Grands Magasins Cicurel in downtown Cairo near Opera Square, a prestigious area of chic hotels and consulates. Later, two additional branches, as well as a thrift store chain called Oreco, were opened in Alexandria and Ismailia. [1]
Magazine (firearms) A staggered-column 9×19mm Browning Hi-Power pistol box magazine. The top image shows the magazine loaded and ready for use, while the lower image shows it unloaded and disassembled. Loading of small arms ammunition into a magazine. A magazine, often simply called a mag, is an ammunition storage and feeding device for a ...
Nationality. French. Georges Dufayel (1 January 1855 – 28 December 1916) was a Parisian retailer and businessman who popularized and expanded the practice of buying merchandise on credit ( installment plans) and purchasing from catalogues. He is mainly remembered as the founder of the Grands Magasins Dufayel, a large and opulent department ...