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With new Paris flagship yet to open, Gucci's Rue Royale store is struggling

The results of Gucci's existing flagship on Paris's Rue Royale are well below what is expected for an outlet of its size. A poor performance linked in part to operational problems. [...]

Published on 10/04/2025 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes Léo Durin

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Inheritance battle could rock Gucci flagship on Avenue Montaigne

While it awaits the opening of its Paris megastore on Rue St Honoré, the Kering group's flagship brand continues to rely on its Avenue Montaigne store, for which it pays a remarkably low rent. But the owners of the building, one of the best spots in Paris's Golden Triangle, are at each other's throats.

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Kering looks to cut Gucci losses with sale of Vendôme quarter flagship building

Two years after acquiring four buildings for nearly €800m in Paris's Place Vendôme district, Kering still plans to open a giant Gucci store there. But the François-Henri Pinault-led luxury group wants to sell the properties to cut costs and keep only a minority stake.

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Kering is still planning to set up a Gucci megastore in Paris's Place Vendôme district.

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Place Vendôme Gucci woes: skirmish for the top floor, skeletons in the cellar

Paris authorities rejected the spot chosen for a Gucci Osteria restaurant within the brand's planned mega-boutique near the Place Vendôme. Meanwhile, archaeologists are examining sarcophagi discovered beneath the site.

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Paris authority brings abrupt halt to Gucci flagship plans

After initially approving the project, Paris planning authorities have refused to give the green light to a Gucci boutique Kering is building, at great expense, on the Place Vendôme. Glitz.paris has also learned that historic funeral relics have been discovered at the construction site.

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Kering's €800m invasion of Paris's Vendôme district

Opening a Gucci shop directly opposite LVMH's Louis Vuitton boutique on the Place Vendôme wasn't enough for Kering. The group has just acquired the four buildings that make up the southeast corner where the Rue de Castiglione meets the Rue Saint-Honoré.

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Place Vendôme Gucci woes: skirmish for the top floor, skeletons in the cellar

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With new Paris flagship yet to open, Gucci's Rue Royale store is struggling

Spotlight | France
Inheritance battle could rock Gucci flagship on Avenue Montaigne

Spotlight | France
Kering looks to cut Gucci losses with sale of Vendôme quarter flagship building

France
Place Vendôme Gucci woes: skirmish for the top floor, skeletons in the cellar

France
Paris authority brings abrupt halt to Gucci flagship plans

France
Kering's €800m invasion of Paris's Vendôme district