| Nouvelles Galeries | |
| Founded: | 1897 |
| Defunct: | 2008 |
Nouvelles Galeries is a French department store owned by Galeries Lafayette, founded In 1897 as Société Française des Grands Bazars et Nouvelles Galeries. The chain previously had stores France-wide but now only has one location in Langon which is owned and operated by Galeries Lafayette.
On April 20, 1899, the brand was simplified into the French Society of New Gatherings, chaired by Nicolas Canlorbe, husband of the daughter of Charles Démogé, founder.[1]
In 1928, the Nouvelles Galeries launched the popular stores. The brand will be bought in 1997 by Monoprix, its competitor of the Groupe Galeries Lafayette.
In 1971, the Nouvelles Galeries launched the consumer credit card, and in 1979, the brand launched into insurance.
In order to face a tender offer, the Paris headquarters was sold (among other things) and the Nouvelles Galeries (including the headquarters' services) merged with the Groupe Galeries Lafayette in 1983.
At the beginning of the 1980s, the SFNGR group (Société française des Nouvelles Galeries réunies) was made up of around 160 city center stores (branches and affiliates) employing 25,000 people and had also developed the Centre Maison Jardin (CMJ) brand. which had up to 30 stores occupying the former warehouses of Nouvelles Galeries stores located in city centers.[2] The « NG », Nouvelles Galeries, also developed a brand of fresh products (MIRBELL), another of dry products (MIRBEL) and a repair company for household appliances and electronics. In addition, an internal brand was created under the name « NOGAMATIC » (NOGA prefix of the name of the distributor Nouvelles Galeries). In addition, the Group created its own financial company (still in operation today). The former headquarters occupied a full city block at 66 rue des Archives in Paris (rue des Archives,, 1,000 people).
The group had set up, before 1986, a system of 3 common platforms to supply its 160 stores, located in Paris, Lyon and Bordeaux, and had a company specializing in the importation of foreign products, « SONAC » - Company national commercial supply.
The headquarters of the Groupe Nouvelles Galeries (1980s era) had its own testing laboratory (food and all products combined - including electronics), its integrated printing press, its high-tech computer platform for the time. The Paris headquarters hosted collection presentations for all products sold in stores as well as the central purchasing office. The Groupe Galeries Lafayette gradually abandoned the brand and the last sixteen stores were sold in 1997. Some had already gone under the BHV brand as in Angoulême.
In 2005, while only 10 Nouvelles Galeries stores were still in operation in France, the general director of the Groupe Galeries Lafayette Paul Delaoutre announced the complete disappearance of the Nouvelles Galeries brand by the end of 2007.[3]
In 2017, only Langon remains under the Nouvelles Galeries brand.
| Place | Opening date | Closing date | Address | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agen | ? | 72, boulevard de la République | Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette. | ||
| Alençon | 1965 | 1985 | rue du Pont-Neuf | from 1844 to 1965 under the Gagne-petit brand. | |
| Amiens | 1900 | rue des Trois-Cailloux | Installation of Fnac in the basement in 2002; passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand in 2005. | ||
| Angers | 1901, enlarged in 1929 | rue d'Alsace/place du Ralliement | 5,700 m2. Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand in 1993. | ||
| Angoulême | ? | 10, rue René-Goscinny | Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette. | ||
| Annecy | February, 1969 | Avenue Parmelan | Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette. | ||
| Arras | around 1920 (Galeries Modernes) | 1997 | 35 Rue Ernestale, 62000 Arras | Replaced by a Nocibé and a Promod | |
| Auch | ? | place Jean David/rue Gambetta | Now Public Finance Center | ||
| Avignon | 1904 | rue de la République | Replaced by a Sephora and a McDonald’s | ||
| Bédarieux | 1909 or 1910 | Created by the father of Roger Peyrefitte.[4] | |||
| Belfort | ? | 24, faubourg de France | Formerly Bumsel store; passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand | ||
| Biarritz | ? | 17-19 Place Georges-Clemenceau | Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette. | ||
| Bourges | ? | 6-8 rue Moyenne | Replaced by a Fnac in the basement (late 1990s) and by H&M on the ground floor and upstairs (mid-2000s) | ||
| Bordeaux | 1984 | 2000[5] | rue Sainte-Catherine | Replaced later and after work by Fnac, H&M, Sephora and Go Sport | |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | ? | 2003 | 57 rue Thiers | Replaced by H&M, Spar and a bookstore | |
| 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[6] | December, 31 2000 | Operated by the Casino group. | ||
| Bron | September 18, 1964 | Boulevard Pinel | Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette. | ||
| Caen | 1954 | 108-114, boulevard Maréchal-LeclercBefore 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[7] | 2005[8] | 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 JaudePassage 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 | Replaced by different brands | |
| Douai | 1952 | 1988 | Place d'Armes | Demolished from 1992 to 1993, replaced by Passage Gayant | |
| Douai | the 50's | late 1980s | Place du Dauphin | Replaced by a shopping mall | |
| Évreux | 1871 (Art Deco building) | December 25, 1996 | 18 rue de la Harpe | 2,936 m2 Occupied by Forum in 2002; then Chapitre (closed in 2014); Jennyfer, Cache Cache, Cash Express (replaces Vidéo Game), Basic Fit fitness room. Armand Frydman is the owner of the walls of the complex. | |
| Évry | 1975 | Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette. | |||
| Fontainebleau | 1913 | ||||
| Grenoble | 1939 | 1993 | 12, place Grenette | Resumption of Galeries Modernes in 1939. Change to Galeries Lafayette brand on September 10, 1993.[9] | |
| 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 brand, absorbed by the 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,[10] then clothing, leather goods and fashion accessories | |
| La Flèche | ? | 1993 | rue Carnot | Shops, homes and offices. | |
| La Roche-sur-Yon | ? | Rue Georges-Clemenceau | Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette. | ||
| Langon | 1966 (?) | 1 Place du Général-de-Gaulle | Open | ||
| 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 | Replaced by different brands | |
| Les Sables-d'Olonne | |||||
| Lille | October 1965 | 1985 | Rue Nationale | Restaurant on the top floor, with dishes arriving on conveyor belts | |
| Limoges | ? | ? | boulevard Carnot and rue Porte-Tourny | Rebranded to Galeries Lafayette. | |
| Lisieux | August 2, 1972 | January 31, 2008 | Rue des Mathurins | Store replaced by the Les Mathurins shopping mall | |
| Lorient | 1905 | 1997 | 10 place Alsace-Lorraine | Installation of the Nouvelles Galeries store (rue des Fontaines) in 1905.[11] Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand in 1997.[12] | |
| 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 | Replaced by La Halle aux vêtements | |
| Montceau-les-Mines | ? | Replaced by various brands: Nocibé, Okaïdi, Etam, Jacqueline Riu, Esprit | |||
| Montauban | ? | May 21, 1999[13] | 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 | Replaced by a Monoprix then by Mango | ||
| 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 | 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 | Bouchara currently | |
| Rouen | 25 rue Grand-Pont | Destroyed in the fire of June 1940, rebuilt in 1953 | |||
| Saint-Claude | 1988 | 2009 | 29 rue du Pré | Replaced by Etam, Beauty Success, Jennyfer, Cache Cache, Morgan, Scottage, Z, Celio, Eram in 2009. | |
| Saint-Étienne | 1985 | 2005 | 15 rue Gambetta | Replaced by H&M. | |
| 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 | Two buildings | ||
| Sarreguemines | 1969 | 1992 | Chaussée de Louvain | Left abandoned then replaced by a shopping mall | |
| Tarbes | ? | Rue Maréchal-Foch | 4,500 m2. Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand | ||
| Thionville | March 5, 1964 | July 9, 2005 | 50 rue de Paris | 4 levels over 10,000 m2 plus a CMJ in Richemont closed at the end of the 1980s. | |
| Toulouse | 1962 | Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand in September 2005 | |||
| Valence | ? | 2001[14] | Boulevard du Général-De-Gaulle |
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.[15] [16]