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Nouvelles Galeries

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.

Nouvelles Galeries
Industryretail Edit this on Wikidata
Founded1897
Headquarters
France Edit this on Wikidata
Number of locations
2 (2024)
Area served
France
Fronton of the Nouvelles Galeries de Mont-de-Marsan store.
Nouvelles Galeries in Menton in 2014.

History

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In 1897 Nouvelles Galeries was created.

In 1928 Nouvelles Galeries created the Uniprix [fr] variety store brand. In 1997 it was sold to Monoprix.

The Cofinoga [fr] consumer credit card was launched by the brand in 1971, they also began offering insurance in 1979.

The companies Parisian headquarters were sold in 1983. The headquarters had its own testing laboratory, integrated printing press, high-tech computer platform. They also hosted presentations of all products sold in the stores and the central purchasing office.

At the beginning of the 1980s SFNGR (Société française des Nouvelles Galeries réunies) was made up of over 160 stores which employed 25,000 people and around 30 stores of Centre Maison Jardin.

In 1991 the company was purchased by Groupe Galeries Lafayette, at the time Nouvelles Galeries had nearly 90 stores.[1]

In later 2005, Paul Delaoutre (general manager of Groupe Galeries Lafayette) said that by the end of 2007 the 10 remaining Nouvelles Galeries stores would be rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.[2]

However as of 2024 stores still operate (now co-branded as Nouvelles Galeries and Galeries Lafayette) in Annecy, Belfort and Langon.

Locations

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If the closing date is N/A then the store was rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.

Location Opening date Closing date Address Notes
Agen 72, boulevard de la République Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.
Alençon 11 September 1965[3] 31 December 1985[3] rue du Pont-Neuf Originally Gagne-petit from 1844 to 1965.
Amiens 1900[4] — rue des Trois-Cailloux Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette in 2005.[5]
Angers 6 April 1901[6] — rue d'Alsace/place du Ralliement Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette in 1993.[6]
Angoulême — 10, rue René-Goscinny Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.
Annecy 25 February 1969[7] — 25 Avenue du Parmelan
Arras 1997 35 Rue Ernestale, 62000 Arras Previously Galeries Modernes.[8]
Auch place Jean David/rue Gambetta
Avignon 15 September 1904[9] 1984[9] rue de la République
Bédarieux Created by the father of Roger Peyrefitte.[10]
Belfort Open 24, faubourg de France
Biarritz 17-19 Place Georges-Clemenceau Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.
Bourges 6-8 rue Moyenne
Bordeaux 1984 2000[11] rue Sainte-Catherine
Boulogne-sur-Mer 2003 57 rue Thiers
Beauvais Place Jeanne Hachette Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand
Bergerac December 31, 1999 3 stores : Rue de la Résistance, Place Gambetta and Rue Mounet-Sully The store located on rue Mounet-Sully closed on December 31, 1999 (the reconversion of the building has been going on ever since.)
Brive-la-Gaillarde 1967[12] December, 31 2000[12] Operated by the Casino group.[12]
Bron September 18, 1964 Boulevard Pinel Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.
Caen 1954 108-114, boulevard Maréchal-Leclerc

Before 1944 : 86-92, rue Saint-Jean / 13-15, rue de Bernières

The store existed before the Second World War (former Grand Bazaar). It was located on rue Saint-Jean and rue de Bernières. Destroyed during the landing, it was rebuilt on the site of Galeries Lafayette, boulevard Maréchal-Leclerc. It was then taken over under the Galeries Lafayette brand.
Chalon-sur-Saône Before 1906 Boulevard de la république Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.
Châteauroux 1899[13] 2005[14] 41, rue Victor-Hugo Former Grand Bazar store, art nouveau building designed by architect Camille Létang. In 1964, Gérard Depardieu got his first role there at the age of 16, that of Santa Claus. In 2008, the building underwent major redevelopments (the ground floor accommodated various local businesses, the upper floors housed homes) and adopted the name Cour du Capitole.
Clermont-Ferrand Place de Jaude Ex Galeries de la Jaude

Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand

Coutances Early 2000s Place du Parvis Notre-Dame The Galeries de Coutances existed before the war and will be built to become the Nouvelles Galleries. At the time of its closure, it was the group's smallest non-franchise store.
Dax Rue Saint Vincent Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.
Dijon 1924 (Magasins Modernes) 41-49, rue de la Liberté Initially Magasins Modernes, which became Nouvelles Galeries in 1955, then passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand
Dunkirk late 1980s Boulevard Alexandre III
Douai 1952 1988 Place d'Armes
Douai the 50's late 1980s Place du Dauphin
Évreux 1871 (Art Deco building) December 25, 1996 18 rue de la Harpe
Évry 1975 Évry 2 [fr] Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.
Fontainebleau 1913 Nouvelles Galeries Building [fr]
Grenoble 1939 1993 12, place Grenette Resumption of Galeries Modernes' in 1939. Change to Galeries Lafayette brand on September 10, 1993.[15]
Grenoble 13, boulevard Maréchal Foch Replaced by an Intermarché.
Grenoble 1975 1990 Grand'Place The brand closed its doors in the 1980s, only the food section was taken over by the Genty-Cathiard [fr] brand, absorbed by the Rallye [fr] in 1990, (a subsidiary of the Groupe Casino since 1992), the Grand'Place store closed definitively in 1990.
Guéret 1990 2009 2 Grande Rue Trade in various articles,[16] then clothing, leather goods and fashion accessories
La Flèche 1993 rue Carnot
La Roche-sur-Yon Rue Georges-Clemenceau Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.
Langon 1966 (?) Open 1 Place du Général-de-Gaulle
Laval 1920 2002 Rue du Général-de-Gaulle BNP Paribas will open a 400 m2 agency there less than a year later, while the Douglas perfumery will take over the 1st floor and the annex on the right. It was not until June 2008 that the Player store, which recently became Player One, moved into the last part, at the rear, rue des Maréchaux.
Le Havre 1954 1999 rue de Paris In 2003, the Nouvelles Galeries were divided into several stores, some of which are closed to this day. Today, there is the La Galerne bookstore, Roche Bobois. The floors are allocated to offices.
Le Mans 1905 Rue des Minimes Closed
Lens 1963 late 1980s Boulevard Basly
Les Sables-d'Olonne
Lille October 1965 1985 Rue Nationale
Limoges boulevard Carnot and rue Porte-Tourny Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.
Lisieux August 2, 1972 January 31, 2008 Rue des Mathurins
Lorient 1905 1997 10 place Alsace-Lorraine Installation of the Nouvelles Galeries store (rue des Fontaines) in 1905.[17] Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand in 1997.[18]
Marseille Nouvelles Galleries burned in 1938 then rebuilt within the Center Bourse. Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand
Metz 1967 4 rue Winston-Churchill Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand, FNAC opening in the basement in 2012
Millau Place du Mandarous
Montceau-les-Mines
Montauban May 21, 1999[19] Rue Bessières Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand
Moulins exists since 1900 (postcards) renovation by Lamaizière father and son; architects in Saint-Étienne in 1914. Rue d'Allier
Mulhouse 54, rue du Sauvage, near the Grands Magasins du Globe Formerly Schwab, which became Nouvelles Galeries at the end of the 1970s. Closed at the end of the 1980s, and transformed into La Galerie shopping center, with McDonald's and Fnac (and Mango, Faller, etc.) as the main brands.
Montargis During the 1970s 2005[14] Rue Dorée Three-story store: Ground floor Makeup, beauty; 1st floor: KITCHEN; 2nd, 3rd floor: CHILDREN accessible via escalators. But has since disappeared. Formerly Nouvelles Galeries then Galeries Lafayettes. Currently store closed.
Nantes ? (Formerly Decré) Quartier Bouffay Changed brand (Galeries Lafayette) following the merger with the Galeries Lafayette store on rue du Calvaire
Nevers Closed. Replaced by various brands (Plus, Mango, Etam)
Niort Rue Victor-Hugo Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.
Orléans 6 rue Thiers Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette.
Pau Place Georges-Clemenceau Initially Galeries Modernes, then Nouvelles Galeries. Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand. In the current building since 1910, previously at 2, rue du Maréchal-Joffre.
Périgueux 2009 7 rue de la République Renamed Les Galeries in the early 2000s Today, Benetton brand
Quimper 1911 (1900 building) 4, Place Saint-Corentin
Rouen 25 rue Grand-Pont Destroyed in the fire of June 1940, rebuilt in 1953
Saint-Claude 1988 2009 29 rue du Pré
Saint-Étienne 1985 2005 15 rue Gambetta[14]
Saint-Laurent-du-Var October 21, 1969 Cap 3000 ? (Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand)
Saint-Nazaire February 26, 1960 1990 36 avenue de la République Replaced by Intersport then 5e avenue
Saint-Quentin 1904 1988
Sarreguemines 1969 1992 Chaussée de Louvain
Tarbes Rue Maréchal-Foch 4,500 m2. Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand
Thionville March 5, 1964 July 9, 2005[14] 50 rue de Paris
Toulouse 1962 Rue Lapeyrouse [fr] Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand in September 2005
Valence 2001[20] Boulevard du Général-De-Gaulle

Centre Maison Jardin

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In the early 1980s the company created CMJ (Centre Maison Jardin, or in English Home Garden Centre). When Groupe Galeries Lafayette purchased Nouvelles Galeries in 1991 it was now a division of the group. However in 1997 the remaining 16 stores were sold and rebranded.[21]

In 1985 the Angoulême store was converted to BHV.[22]

Incidents

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On October 4, 1972, an individual shot at customers of the Nouvelles Galeries in Angoulême with a Winchester .44 rifle, killing four people (three children and a woman) and injuring six others.[23][24]

References

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  1. ^ Epinay, Bénédicte (24 March 1992). "Galeries Lafayette: profit doublé en 1991". Les Echos.
  2. ^ FR, FashionNetwork com. "Galeries Lafayette : l'enseigne Nouvelles Galeries aura disparu fin 2007". FashionNetwork.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  3. ^ a b "Document sans titre". alencon-histoire.chez-alice.fr. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  4. ^ "Collections - Cartes postales - Amiens - Magasin des Nouvelles Galeries · L'Armarium". www.armarium-hautsdefrance.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  5. ^ FR, FashionNetwork com. "Galeries Lafayette : l'enseigne Nouvelles Galeries aura disparu fin 2007". FashionNetwork.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  6. ^ a b "AU CHIC PARISIEN: Les Nouvelles Galeries".
  7. ^ "FACE AUX SUPERMARCHÉS La société des Nouvelles Galeries continue de défendre la formule du grand magasin provincial" (in French). 1969-02-26. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  8. ^ "Grand magasin, dit Galeries Modernes - Inventaire Général du Patrimoine Culturel". inventaire.hautsdefrance.fr. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  9. ^ a b webiane. "Nouvelles Galeries". webiane et les rues d'Avignon (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  10. ^ "Quand Peyrefitte rédigeait sa propre nécrologie". L'Obs (in French). 2000-11-06. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  11. ^ "Les Nouvelles Galeries ferment leur magasin de Bordeaux". Les Echos (in French). 2000-05-03. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  12. ^ a b c conso, L. S. A. (2000-10-26). "Brive : quel avenir pour les Nouvelles Galeries ?" (in French). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ^ "Châteauroux : jadis et naguère - saison 2". Les Bibliothèques de Châteauroux. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  14. ^ a b c d "Fermeture de cinq Nouvelles Galeries". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  15. ^ Les Affiches de Grenoble et du Dauphiné (in French). September 3, 1993. p. 12.
  16. ^ France, Centre (2016-12-25). "Faits d'hier - Des étrennes plein les rayons des Nouvelles Galeries, le magasin de la Grande Rue à Guéret". www.lamontagne.fr. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  17. ^ frederic (2012-12-31). "Nouvelles Galeries ~ Rue des Fontaines". Si Lorient m était conté (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  18. ^ "Galeries Lafayette Lorient : horaires, adresse, téléphone, plan, avis". Mode homme : Blog et Forum mode Comme un camion (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  19. ^ "Les Nouvelles Galeries deviennent Galeries Lafayette". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  20. ^ FR, FashionNetwork com. "Galeries de Valence : la révolution mode de la Drôme et de l'Ardèche". FashionNetwork.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  21. ^ "Les Galeries Lafayette vendent leurs 16 CMJ". LSA. 13 March 1997.
  22. ^ Bazar, Les federateurs du reseau. "Mémoires : Le BHV à travers l'Histoire n°127: 1985 Du 7 au 14 mai : 3 ouvertures 2/3". Le blog du Réseau Bazar BHV (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  23. ^ "Quatre personnes sont tuées et six autres blessées par un malade mental dans un magasin". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1972-10-06. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  24. ^ "Un fou tue trois enfants et une femme chef de rayon" (PDF). doc.rero.ch (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-29.

See also

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