Turnover: 306.5 million EUR (2016)
Country: France
- Le Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville is a French general department store founded in 1856 and part of the Galeries Lafayette group. Operated by BHV Exploitation under the BHV Marais banner since 2013 , BHV is a major retailer of high-end household linen for most major brands.
- BHV stores include a Bed Linen and White Linen department whose offering is reputed to be quite upmarket.
- BHV is increasingly specializing in the home market, which accounts for 60% of its sales
- The DIY department, which occupies level -1 of the store, is one of the most popular in Paris.
- The company is sold to Société des Grands magasins, Galeries Lafayette's main franchisee outside Paris
News
Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville (BHV) in Paris sold by Galeries Lafayette 10/11/2023
- The Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville (BHV) in Paris has been sold by the Galeries Lafayette group to Société des Grands Magasins (SGM).
- The BHV store at Parly 2, located in the Yvelines near Versailles, is included in the sale.
- BHV has been in difficulty for years, and the problems have recently become more acute.
- SGM is a retail property company run by Frédéric and Maryline Merlin.
- In 2021, SGM acquired seven regional Galeries Lafayette stores in Angers, Dijon, Grenoble, Le Mans, Limoges, Orléans and Reims.
- SGM manages a dozen city-center shopping malls in France, located in places such as Roubaix, Tourcoing, Châlons-en-Champagne, Lille, Nîmes, Saint-Nazaire, Kremlin-Bicêtre, Mulhouse and Montigny-le-Bretonneux.
- Galeries Lafayette owned the BHV in Paris for 30 years.
BHV Marais: New owner 17/02/2023
- Transaction valued at 500 million euros.
- 1,300 BHV Marais jobs preserved.
- The acquiring company, SGM, has 700 employees.
- BHV Marais was founded 167 years ago.
- The sale also includes a BHV store in the Westfield Parly 2 shopping center in the Yvelines department, as well as an apartment complex, stores on Rue de la Verrerie and Rue des Archives, and a building housing the Eataly chain.
Galeries Lafayette sells BHV to young property company SGM 16/02/2023
- Galeries Lafayette sells BHV to SGM
- BHV money will be used to continue renovation of Haussmann store
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Other companies mentioned:
- Linvosges
- Fremaux-Delorme (Yves Delorme, Olivier Desforges)
- Descamps
- BHV Exploitation
- La Redoute AMPM
- Home Heritage Dodo Groupe
- Anne de Solène (Dodo Groupe)
- Blanche Porte
- Tisseray
- Carré Blanc
- Harmony Textile
- Vanderschooten
- O Linge de Maison
- Les 3 Suisses
- Alexandre Turpault
- Alinéa
- Beauvillé
- Becquet
- Blanc Cerise
- Blanc des Vosges
- Drouault (Groupe Dodo)
- Essix (Vanderschooten Groupe)
- Françoise Saget
- Garnier-Thiebaut
- H&M Groupe
- La fabrique hexagonale
- Le Jacquard français
- Le Monde Sauvage
- Linder
- Linge Mat
- Madura
- Simone et Georges
- Maison Thevenon
- Zara Home Espagne
- Jean Vier
Other companies mentioned:
- Linvosges
- Anne de Solène (Dodo Groupe)
- Alexandre Turpault
- Garnier-Thiebaut
- Beauvillé
- BHV Exploitation
- La Redoute AMPM
- Fremaux-Delorme (Yves Delorme, Olivier Desforges)
- Tisseray
- Carré Blanc
- Harmony Textile
- Becquet
- Jean Vier
- Valrupt TGV Industrie - Tradition des Vosges
- Compagnie du Blanc
- Tissus des Ursules
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- Leroy Merlin France (Adeo)
- Castorama France (Kingfisher)
- BigMat
- Lapeyre
- Mr. Bricolage
- ITM Equipement (Bricorama, Bricomarché, Brico Cash)
- Brico Dépôt
- Gedex Gedimat Gedibois
- Bricolex
- ManoMano
- Point P (Saint-Gobain Groupe)
- Bricoman
- TOUT FAIRE
- Descours et Cabaud
- La Plateforme du Bâtiment (Saint-Gobain Groupe)
- Chausson Matériaux
- BHV Exploitation
- Espace Emeraude
- Dompro
- Cofaq
- Ardea groupe - Onyx
- Qérys (Bricodeal -Torro)
- Brico Privé
- Briconord
- Briconord
- Rondy
- Fartools
- Dewalt