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3 unusual facts about Galeries Lafayette


Galeries Lafayette

In 2008, the store announced a licensing agreement to open a store in Morocco Mall in 2010.

Galeries Lafayette opened their first store in South East Asia in the summer of 2013 at the Pacific Place Mall.

House of Fraser

In December 2013 talks to takeover House of Fraser were held by French department store Galeries Lafayette with House of Fraser also exploring a floating on the London Stock Exchange in Summer 2014 if the takeover is to be abandoned.


Aziz Akhannouch

He is married to Salwa Idrissi, a businesswoman who owns a company active in malls and holds the Moroccan franchises for brands such as Gap, Zara and Galeries Lafayette.

Italie 2

This is mainly because the only other places with a department store in Paris are not situated within a shopping centre with the exception of Galeries Lafayette Montparnasse which is situated in a small shopping centre of about 10 stores at the base of Tour Montparnasse.

Princess Hijab

Other works by Princess Hijab include the Lafayette series, depicting a model promoting the French department store Galeries Lafayette, wearing a blue, white and red striped top and a black mask over her mouth, and the Dolche series, a series of Dolce & Gabbana adverts representing male models hijabized by the artist.


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