The famous French fashion department store chain Galaries Lafayette is ready to open their first luxury store in Istanbul’s Emaar Square Complex. The deal to open the store was cemented in 2012 with Turkish retailer Demsa and the project was delayed by almost two years owing to some differences between both the parties. However, the Turkish media is reporting the inaugural of the store slated for April 28 to accord with the opening of UAE’s Emaar Square shopping centre.
Demsa Group operates over 110 stores in Turkey and represents plentiful luxury brands like DVF, Juicy Couture, Salvatore Ferragamo with Shop in Shop concept as well as bigger labels like Longchamp, Kurt Geiger and Michael Kors that get their independent stores. The sprawling department store’s premises expands over 10,000 square metres in the 150,000-square-metre mall, which is being built by one of the UAE’s biggest realtor, Emaar.
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An official comment regarding the opening is not available from Galaries Lafayette. This is not the only store that the chain has been cagey about as their Doha store opening, which was slated for 2016 has also been rescheduled for later this year. Apart from the French chain’s home in Paris, they already have international occupancies in Berlin, Dubai, Beijing, Jakarta and hopefully Istanbul, very soon!
