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Le Bon Marché (lit. "the good market", or "the good deal" in French; [lə bɔ̃ maʁʃe]) is a department store in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. Founded in 1838 and revamped almost completely by Aristide Boucicaut in 1852, it was one of the first modern department stores.
The building served as The Bon Marché's flagship store and was later operated by Macy's. Macy's sold the upper 6 levels of the flagship store in 2015 to Starwood Capital . That portion of the building was remodeled into a 475,000-square-foot (44,100 m 2 ) office complex for Amazon .
The name was influenced by Le Bon Marché, the noted Parisian retailer. In 1929, The Bon Marché was acquired by Hahn Department Stores, itself folded into Allied Stores a few years later. [4] A solid middle-range store, The Bon served largely working-class Seattle. Branches were also added in several cities of the Northwestern United States.
The latest evidence is Le Bon Marché‘s revamped shoe offering, unveiled late last month, where kicks are front and center. ... Parisian department stores are proving it by putting it at the ...
The Paris department store has unleashed its signature color throughout the store in playful pop-ups filled with exclusive products. Le Bon Marché Turns 170 in a Burst of Orange Skip to main content
Dec. 10—The accompanying night photo shows the lighted Madonna and child decoration on the angled corner of the Bon Marche department store in 1957. The new store, completed in 1956, tied ...
Au Bon Marché. The Paris department store had its roots in the magasin de nouveautés, or novelty store; the first, the Tapis Rouge, was created in 1784. [2] They flourished in the early 19th century, with La Belle Jardinière (1824), Aux Trois Quartiers (1829), and Le Petit Saint Thomas (1830).
The modern department store was born in Paris in 1852, shortly before the Belle Époque, when Aristide Boucicaut enlarged a medium-sized variety store called Au Bon Marché, using innovative new means of marketing and pricing, including a mail order catalog and seasonal sales. When Boucicaut took charge of the store in 1852, it had an income of ...