Founded in 1852 by Aristide Boucicaut, it was the first ever modern department store. Now the property of LVMH Luxury Group, it sells a wide range of high-end goods, including food in an adjacent building at 38, rue de Sèvres, called La Grande Épicerie de Paris.

19th-century Paris was a bustling place where everything was changing and everything was being invented afresh. The earliest Paris department store to open, Le Bon Marché, was part of this shake-up of traditions.

In 1852 Aristide Boucicaut and his wife Marguerite transformed a simple little shop into an unprecedented Parisian "grand magasin” or department store, with a wide selection of goods where shoppers could walk around and browse undisturbed. Le Bon Marché was born, and the innovations kept coming – fixed prices, reduced profit margins, home delivery, allowing articles to be exchanged, mail order, seasonal sales, private concerts, a reading room for waiting husbands... Soon the commercial model invented by this pioneering and revolutionary couple was inspiring copycats worldwide

Le Bon Marché is open all year round, offering customers a unique shopping experience. Preferential services, attentive advisors and personalised assistance are just some of the courtesies we like to lavish on our customers. Benefit from personalised advice from our stylists, relax with a treatment from the beauty department or a gourmet dining experience, reserve a taxi and find out about exhibitions taking place. Reception desk on the ground floor is on hand to assist you in any way possible. Ground floor reception Tel: +33 (0) 1 44 39 82 80