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Samaritaine reopens in Paris after renovations

Luxury department store Samaritaine Paris Pont-Neuf overlooking the Seine has reopened after major renovations. The historic building has been restored by the DFS group, which is majority-owned by LVMH alongside co-founder Robert Miller. Éléonore de Boysson, president of DFS, Europe and the Middle East, said in a statement: “We welcome you to...

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Grande dame of Paris department stores reopens after 16-year renovation

Parisians will once again be able to stroll the gilded aisles of the Samaritaine department store starting Wednesday, after 16 years of painstaking work to restore the Art Deco and Art Nouveau landmark to its former glory. Luxury conglomerate LVMH shut the 151-year-old emporium overlooking the Seine river in 2005, when safety inspectors...

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Les parisiens: pour ou contre la nouvelle Samaritaine?

Lundi début d’apres midi, la dépèche AFP tombe: une fois encore, le chantier de la Samaritaine va devoir s’arrêter. Un nouveau coup dur doublé d’une énième péripétie pour le groupe LVMH qui n’imaginait surement pas que la construction d’un nouveau site gigantesque, axé principalement sur le luxe, à l’endroit même où se dressait le mythique et...