Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche
In 1852, Aristide Boucicaut, the son of a hat maker who came to Paris to work as a calico printer, quickly recognized the potential of a new retail model focused on offering a greater variety of products for customers. Together with his wife Marguerite, he transformed a modest shop into a true “cathedral of modern commerce.”
Thus was born Le Bon Marché, the first large department store in Paris…