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Three Old High-End Department Stores &Nbsp; Sitting In New York, Paris, London!

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Goodman Department store New York is the only one.

Founded in 1846, the famous American fashion life magazine "Town & Country" once wrote: "there is only one ballet, an opera house, a stock exchange, a Madison Square Garden, a museum of modern art and a Bo Rodolfo Goodman in New York.

Goodman, a Bergdorf Goodman, a senior department store on Fifth Avenue in New York, was founded in 1901 and was elected as the most prestigious luxury retailer in the United States in 2008. It can be said to be one of the best luxury shopping places in the United States. Goodman's department store, with its high-end boutique line, is mature and conservative. It traces back to the beautiful days of the past. Duke of Windsor, Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe were frequent guests here.

New York Luxury Institute The recent survey of luxury consumer experience index shows that Goodman stores are most favored by women over the age of 50, with annual net income between 150 thousand and 199 thousand dollars, and women whose personal assets are below 1 million dollars. In recent years, in order to attract more fashionable people to patronize, Goodman has added some personalized high-end brands. For example, the Victoria Beckham, a high-end women's clothing brand designed by Beckham, the wife of "the fans of Vitoria", has a unique personal make-up brand Bobbi Brown, which is unique to the color make-up artists. The new American native jeans denominated Rock & Republic, the Asian favorite American handbag brand new Rafe, and so on.

Goodman department store has a professional ambassador for private shopping, and everyone who enters the shop will be attentive and meticulous and considerate. If you just look at it casually, the clerk will enthusiastically say, "if you need any help, please call at any time," then quietly retreat to one side. It is also a pleasure to try clothes here. Each brand has six or seven spacious fitting rooms with large floor fitting mirrors. Guests can see their posture in all directions. Moreover, guests like to try on at any time, and even if they do not buy, they do not have to worry about seeing the salesperson's white eyes.

"Goodman's department store, like the city of New York, perfectly integrates the two styles of classic elegance and the trend of the times. Moreover, with bru Ming, Messi and other senior department stores. company The difference is that Goodman is the only one who has no semicolon. " Rosati, executive director of fashion shopping and lifestyle website Daily Candy, said. {page_break}

Paris's old Buddha's department store: French elegant life

Paris Galeries Lafayette was born in 1893, occupying No. 40 Osman Avenue, Paris, Huadu, which is adjacent to the magnificent and elegant The Paris Opera House. Paris's Lafayette department store, known as the "fashion capital department store", is the largest department store in Europe. It has almost all the fashion brands in the world, and it is a fashionable vane for the Huadu Company. If you want to know the popularity of the season, just walk up to the front of the shop window.

It can be said that Paris's Lafayette department store is a mirror of French elegant life, where tourists can buy the latest and most fashionable products in France and the world. The huge "old Buddha's girl" poster at the door of the shop is the spirit of fashion. There is the largest perfume and cosmetics monopoly area in the world, covering 260 newest products of top brands. As many as 400 beauty consultants provide skin care and make-up services to customers. Fashionable young designer brands are matched with the designer brand of mature style. The four floor of the Shang Dian is a collection of high-end underwear brands almost all over the world. Paris's department stores also provide advice for women to provide personal clothing matching, and guide customers to follow the latest fashion trend of clothing, which can be called "a surprise trip for fashion ladies".

The beautiful big dome glass of the main building is the sign of Paris's old Buddha's department store. From the center of the floor, you can see the top of the eighth floor, like the carved opera house, which is dazzling. Its luxurious decoration, such as the palace, has been sensational. The bypassing of the Byzantine giant carved gold dome is like a rush to a medieval event. Shopping here has become a real enjoyment.

A group of statistics is interesting. On average, about 80 thousand tourists visit Paris's Lafayette department store every day, even more than foreign tourists visiting Eiffel Tower. It is not surprising that in 2006, because of the renovation of the elevator, Paris's old Buddha's department store, which had always been unconventional, even transported the sightseeing tourists in the shops directly to the roof terrace to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Paris. Paris's Lafayette department store never misses any brilliant idea. {page_break}

Harold's department store: an exploration of taste

Harold, a landmark building in central London, was founded in 1834. It was named "the best shopping mall in the world" and the most valuable department store in 2005 by "Forbes" magazine in Harrods. Harold department store occupies 4.5 acres, has 7 floors, the business area is 90 thousand square meters, has 330 merchants, 5000 employees from more than 50 different countries and regions work here, is one of the largest department stores in the world.

From the very beginning of its founding, Harold's department put forward the slogan "providing anyone with any need anywhere". This statement is not empty. This old department store has gathered the world's top name brand goods. Each commodity has dozens of thousands of styles to choose from, from branded fashion to exquisite jewelry, artworks, furniture, crystal, antiques, sporting goods and beauty products, and so on. As long as you have enough imagination and strong purse, Harold Department store can buy it for you. Harold's department stores play an important role in London's annual social season. The ladies of the aristocratic society who enter the social circle can purchase all kinds of needs and all kinds of exclusive services here. Even the special drivers and limousines are always on standby to send them to the rite of passage.

Some commentaries point out that "visiting Harold's department store is like a tasty exploration". Even the sudden financial storm did not stop people's yearning for Harold. From February 2008 to January 2009, when the world was declining and sales of luxury goods were on the decline, sales of Harold's department store still amounted to 752 million pounds (about 1 billion 200 million US dollars), and the pre tax profit of 56 million pounds did not lose its demeanour of the old British department store.

In May this year, Qatar holding company invested 1 billion 500 million pounds (about 2 billion 300 million US dollars) from the Qatar Investment Bureau, bought Harold department store from the Egyptian rich Mohamed Fayyad, and became the fifth owner since 1843. After the completion of the transaction, former owner Fayez served as honorary chairman of Harold and no longer participates in daily management. Fayyad, who owns Regent Hotel in Paris and Fulham football club in England, is more familiar with the fact that his youngest son, Dodi Fayyad and princess Diana, were in a car crash in 1997. So far, in the lobby of Harold's department store, little Fayez and Diana are smiling and looking at the statue of albatross.