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WeChat Pay arrives in Paris department stores

Chinese tourists visiting Paris are now able to pay for their purchases in two of the city's famous department stores with their smartphones, thanks the adoption of the payment app of the popular Chinese social media network, WeChat. The Galeries Lafayette group said Wednesday that shoppers at its flagship Galeries Lafayette Haussmann and BHV...

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World’s largest fashion show

A record amount of people participated in the largest catwalk show until today at Times Square in New York. A new Guinness World Record was set with 1,243 people on the runway hosted by retailer Express. Last year, the record ended on 521 strutting down the runway hosted by Galleries Lafayette. The temporary models received a Express ‘I was...

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Galeries Lafayette opens in Dubai

Iconic French retailer Galeries Lafayette is to open its first department store in the Middle East, in the Dubai Mall in Dubai. Occupying 192,000 square feet, it will be the UAE's biggest single store. Philippe Houze, owner and group chairman of Galeries Lafayette, said the move signalled a new phase for the company. "The choice of Dubai is...