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Au Louvre is a large department store in the centre of Paris. It was particularly well regarded for its luxury good. Many Americans shop here when visiting Paris. I'm not sure precisely when it was founded.
Onr source reports rather obliqly that Le Louvre dates to the time of the extension of the rue de Rivoli under the Second Empire. The Second Empire or the Imperial regime of Louis Napleon dates to about (1850-70). We know that it was an important Paris department store operating in the 1880s. At the time, au Bon Marché was its' major competitor. Le Louvre in 1893 had sales of 120 million francs and reported a profit of 6.3 per cent. It continues to be a major Paris store. Many American that visit Paris shop here, much as they do at Harrods when they visit London.
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