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{{Short description|French department store chain}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Printemps
| logo = Logoprintemps2022.png
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| logo_alt = 
| logo_caption = 
| image = Printemps Haussmann.jpg
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| image_caption = Exterior of the [[Printemps Haussmann]] flagship store on [[Boulevard Haussmann]] in [[Paris]] (2022)
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| industry = [[Retail]]
| genre = [[Department store]]s
| founded = {{start date and age|1865|05|11}} in [[Paris]], [[France]]
| founders = {{plain list|
* Jules Jaluzot
* Augustine Jaluzot
* Jean-Alfred Duclos
}}
| hq_location = Paris, France
| num_locations = 20{{efn|Store count includes 20 full-line and two outlet locations.}}
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| areas_served = {{flat list|
* France
* [[Qatar]]
* [[United States]]
}}
| key_people = Jean-Marc Bellaiche <small>(CEO)</small>
| products = 
| num_employees = 3,000
| num_employees_year = 2022
| parent = Printemps Group
| website = {{URL|printemps.com}}
}}

'''Printemps'''{{efn|English: [[spring (season)|springtime]]; {{IPA|fr|pʁɛ̃tɑ̃|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-printemps.wav}} {{IPAc-en|p|r|æ̃|ˈ|t|ɒ̃}}}} is a French luxury [[department store]] chain founded in 1865, which focuses on beauty, lifestyle, fashion and accessories. The flagship store "le [[Printemps Haussmann]]"{{efn|{{IPA|fr|lə pʁɛ̃tɑ̃ osman|lang}}}} is located on [[Boulevard Haussmann]] in the [[9th arrondissement of Paris|9th arrondissement]] of [[Paris]]. The holding company Printemps Group has been owned by the Luxembourg-based, [[Qatar]]i-backed investment fund Divine Investments SA since 2013

As of 2025, Printemps operates nineteen stores in France (including two in Paris, and two outlet stores), as well as two international locations in [[Doha]], Qatar and [[New York City]], United States. The company was a founder of the [[International Association of Department Stores]] as well as one of its members from 1928 until 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|last=De Bijenkorf official website|title=Histoire|url=https://www.debijenkorf.fr/a-propos-de-bijenkorf|website=De Bijenkorf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=List of members|url=https://www.iads.org/web/home-public/2285-list-of-members.php|access-date=2021-06-20|website=iads.org}}</ref>

== Early history ==
The first Printemps store (now commonly known as "[[Printemps Haussmann]]"), was opened on 3 November 1865.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |title=9ème Histoire - Jules Jaluzot |url=http://www.neufhistoire.fr/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=1340&prt=1 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=www.neufhistoire.fr}}</ref> Founded by Jules Jaluzot and Jean-Alfred Duclos,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Au Printemps |url=https://www.la-malle-en-coin.com/fr/le-blog/liste-des-articles/2855-au-printemps.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=la-malle-en-coin.com |language=fr}}</ref> Jaluzot was previously head of the silk department at [[Le Bon Marché|Au Bon Marché]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-01 |title=First Love |url=https://www.groupe-printemps.com/en/article/first-love |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Groupe Printemps |language=en}}</ref> Jaluzots wife Augustine Jaluzot (née Figeac) an actress and member of the [[Comédie-Française|Comédie Française]], financed the stores opening.<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=WW |first=FashionNetwork com |date=2025-03-04 |title=Jean-Marc Bellaiche: 'Printemps New York is not a classic department store' |url=https://ww.fashionnetwork.com/news/Jean-marc-bellaiche-printemps-new-york-is-not-a-classic-department-store-,1708244.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=FashionNetwork.com |language=en-WW}}</ref> The store had a large expansion in 1874 which included the addition of [[Hydraulic elevator|hydraulic elevators]].<ref name=":21">{{Cite web |title=Le Printemps, éclosion d'un grand magasin |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/fr/html/le-printemps-eclosion-dun-grand-magasin |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=gallica.bnf.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

The policies of Printemps revolutionised [[retail]] business practices. The store marked items with set prices and eschewed the haggling based on customer appearance that had previously been standard in retail shopping. Like other {{lang|fr|[[wikt:grand magasin#French|grands magasins]]}} ({{literally|big stores}}, [[department store]]s), Printemps used the economies of scale to provide high quality goods at prices that the expanding [[middle class]] could afford. They also pioneered the idea of discount sales to clear outdated stock, and later the use of window models to display the latest fashions. Printemps was noted for its branding innovations as well, handing out bouquets of violets on the first day of spring and championing the new [[Art Nouveau]] style, with its nature inspired motifs.<ref name="Camille">{{cite book |last=Camille |first=Rey |title=Histoire du Printemps, 1865–1924, mémoire de maîtrise |publisher=Université Paris 1 |year=2004 |editor-last=Christophe |editor-first=Charles |language=fr |trans-title=History of Printemps 1865&ndash;1924, Memoire of the General Manager}}</ref>

In 1881 the store caught on fire causing the entire building to be destroyed, but after the fire the store was rebuilt with the new building designed by architects Jules and [[Paul Sédille]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-14 |title=European Heritage Days |url=https://www.groupe-printemps.com/en/article/european-heritage-days |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=groupe-printemps.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> The figures of the ''Four Seasons'' on the ''façade'' were sculpted by French sculptor [[Henri Chapu]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=L'Automne |url=https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/03770007435 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=pop.culture.gouv.fr |language=fr}}</ref> The store also became the first to use electric lighting with the rebuild and customers were even able to observe the [[power station]] behind a glass wall. 

"Comptoirs d'exportation" (export counters) were opened in Yokohama (1887 - Japan), Avricourt (1872 - Alsace-Lorraine) and Tangiers (1891 - Morocco).

== 20th century history ==
=== First half ===
[[File:Charles Marville, Boulevard Haussmann, de la rue du Havre, ca. 1853–70.jpg|thumb|An early photograph of the Printemps Haussmann, {{circa|1865–70}}]]
[[File:Grands Magasins du Printemps 1905.jpg|thumb|Share of the Grands Magasins du Printemps, issued 1. October 1905]]
The store became one of the first department stores with direct [[Rapid transit|metro]] access when the [[Paris Métro|Métro]] was connected in 1904.<ref name="Camille" /> In 1905 Jules Jaluzot resigned from his position after causing the near collapse of the business, being accused of embezzling funds and his involvement in a sugar market manipulation scandal.<ref name=":19" /><ref name=":21" /> He was succeeded by Gustave Laguionie, who announced the construction of a second store in 1905. Designed by architect René Binet, the store opened five years later and was dominated by a glass domed hall 42 meters in height and an [[Art Nouveau]] staircase which was later removed in 1955. The first store outside of Paris was opened in 1912 in [[Deauville]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Remoleur |first=Marie-Madeline |date=2022-12-30 |title=À Deauville, le Printemps ferme pendant cinq mois : le grand magasin se transforme et change de style |url=https://actu.fr/normandie/deauville_14220/a-deauville-le-printemps-ferme-pendant-cinq-mois-le-grand-magasin-se-transforme-et-change-de-style_56278373.html |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=actu.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

Pierre Laguionie, the son of Gustave, took the helm of the store in 1920, rebuilding it after another large fire in 1921. In 1923 with the reconstruction of the Haussmann store an elaborate [[cupola]] was installed above the main restaurant. Pierre Laguionie was the first president of the [[International Association of Department Stores]] in from 1928 to 1930, a position he held again in from 1937 to 1938 and 1952 to 1953. Jean Vignéras held the position from 1962 to 1963 and Jean-Jacques Delort was president from 1981 to 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IADS Presidents |url=https://www.iads.org/web/home-public/2303-iads-presidents.php |access-date=2021-04-22 |website=iads.org}}</ref>

In 1931, Printemps created the discount chain [[Prisunic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Prisunic store is back on the Champs-Elysées in Paris |url=https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-do-in-paris/shopping-fashion/articles/267058-the-prisunic-store-is-back-on-the-champs-elysees-in-paris |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=sortiraparis.com |language=en}}</ref> In 1939 to avoid the risk of the cupola being destroyed in bombing attacks it was dismantled and stored at [[Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine|Clichy]].<ref>[http://www.clichy-tourisme.fr/fr/entrepots-du-pintemps,25.html Clichy, Entrepôts du Printemps] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> It was restored in 1973 by the grandson of its original designer, using plans that had been kept in the archives of the family business. In 1975, the ''façade'' and cupola of the building were registered as historical monuments.

In 1946, Printemps alongside [[Åhléns|Åhlén & Holm]], Au Grand Passage ([[Geneva]]), Bon Marché ([[Brussels]]), Grands Magasins [[Jelmoli]], L'Innovation ([[Lausanne]]), [[La Rinascente|Rinascente]], S.A.P.A.C. (Printemps purchasing association) and [[Selfridges]] founded the Intercontinental Group of Department Stores.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intercontinental Group of Department Stores – 50th Anniversary |url=https://www.igds.org/fileadmin/uploads/igds/Documents/IGDS_1946_-_1996.pdf}}</ref>

=== Second half ===
By 1970 there were 23 Printemps locations and 13 Prisunic discount outlets. The oil-price driven French economic crisis of the early 1970s significantly threatened Printemps business model, in response the firm was transformed into a limited corporation with a controlling interest acquired by [[Maus Frères|Maus Fréres]], a Swiss [[holding company]]. During the 1970s Jean-Jacques Delort led the company on a turnaround strategy creating specialty stores and brands (such as Armand Thierry clothing) and branching out into different areas such as food and mail. The Lefroid department store in [[Tours]] was rebranded to Printemps in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giua |first=Mathieu |date=2021-10-15 |title=37° degrés {{!}} Printemps, un magasin en constante évolution |url=https://www.37degres-mag.fr/societe/printemps-un-magasin-en-constante-evolution/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=www.37degres-mag.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

In 1991 Printemps and its subsidiaries were acquired by [[François Pinault]] and merged with other holdings into Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR, was renamed [[Kering]] in 2013).<ref>{{Cite web |last=TFL |date=2020-01-21 |title=Kering: A Timeline Behind the Building of a Luxury Goods Group |url=https://www.thefashionlaw.com/kering-a-timeline-behind-the-building-of-a-conglomerate/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=The Fashion Law |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-22 |title=Introducing Kering |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/fashion/news/a3899/ppr-changes-name-kering/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=ELLE |language=en-gb}}</ref> Printemps spent $40 million to renovate the flagship Haussmann store in 1997 the renovation redesigned the entire store and also added TV screens and music listening stations around the store whilst also refreshing the brands that the store stocked.<ref>{{Cite web |author=W. W. D. Staff |date=1997-01-16 |title=PRINTEMPS: MIXING IT UP |url=https://wwd.com/feature/article-1109022-1789183/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref>

== 21st century history ==
=== 2000s ===
[[File:PrintempsLogo.png|thumb|Previous Printemps logo, in use from 2000 until 2022]]
In 2006 Printemps was sold to the Italian Borletti Group (with equity partner [[Deutsche Bank]]), they then made major investments to revamp stores.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Business – Private Equity |url=http://www.borlettigroup.com/en/our-business/#business-private-equity |access-date=6 August 2014 |website=Borletti Group |publisher=Amministrazione Borletti}}</ref><ref name="Fahmy">{{cite news |last1=Fahmy |first1=Dalia |date=31 July 2013 |title=Deutsche Bank Unit Sells Printemps Stores to Qatari Buyers |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-07-31/deutsche-bank-unit-sells-printemps-stores-to-qatari-investors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808122014/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-07-31/deutsche-bank-unit-sells-printemps-stores-to-qatari-investors |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 August 2014 |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref>

On 16 December 2008, the Paris department store [[Printemps Haussmann]] was evacuated following a [[List of terrorist incidents in 2008#December|bomb threat]] from the terrorist group FRA (Afghan Revolutionary Front). The demining services found five sticks of dynamite in the toilet of the store. The FRA claimed this assassination attempt and demanded the withdrawal of 3,000 French soldiers deployed in Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite news |title= Explosives found in Paris store |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7785440.stm |date= 16 December 2008 |access-date=16 December 2008 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Bomb Found at Paris Dept. Store |last= Katz |first= Basil |first2=Katrin |last2=Bennhold |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/world/europe/17paris.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink |date= 16 December 2008 |access-date=16 December 2008 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

=== 2010s ===
On 31 July 2013, Divine Investments SA (DiSA) a Luxembourg-based Qatari-backed investment fund bought Printemps<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karmali |first1=Sarah |date=1 August 2013 |title=Printemps Department Store Sold To Qatari Investment Fund |work=Vogue |location=UK |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/08/01/printemps-department-store-sold-to-qatari-investment-fund |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Printemps sold to Qatari-backed investors |url=http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/fashion/printemps-sold-to-qatari-backed-investors-2013080218185 |access-date=6 August 2014 |website=FashionUnited.info |publisher=FashionUnited Group |ref=2 August 2013}}</ref> On 4 August 2013 labor organisations in France asked the Paris prosecutor's office to open a preliminary inquiry into the sale, in response to a complaint from labour representatives.<ref name="paris pros">{{cite web |last=Diderich |first=Joelle |date=5 August 2013 |title=Paris Prosecutor Probes Printemps Sale |url=http://www.wwd.com/business-news/government-trade/paris-prosecutor-probes-printemps-sale-7074840?src=nl/mornReport/20130805 |access-date=5 August 2013 |publisher=WWD}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2 August 2013 |title=French prosecutors investigate Printemps sale |agency=Reuters|publisher=Thomson Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/printemps-probe-idUSL6N0G32KT20130802 |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> On 8 August the French court rejected the request to stop the sale.<ref name="WWD 2013 reject court">{{cite web |last=Diderich |first=Joelle |date=8 August 2013 |title=French Court Rejects Bid to Block Printemps Sale |url=http://www.wwd.com/retail-news/department-stores/french-court-rejects-bid-to-block-printemps-sale-7081805?module=latest-articles |access-date=8 August 2013 |publisher=WWD}}</ref>

On 15 January 2014, Printemps opened its first new store in 32 years at the [[Carrousel du Louvre]] shopping mall in Paris.<ref name="Printemps' New Owner Ignites Retail Expansion">{{cite web |last=Diderich |first=Joelle |date=15 January 2014 |title=Printemps' New Owner Ignites Retail Expansion |url=http://www.wwd.com/retail-news/department-stores/printemps-first-opening-in-more-than-30-years-7361181?src=nl/mornReport/20140115 |access-date=15 January 2014 |publisher=WWD}}</ref> The store closed in 2023.<ref name=":20" /> The next year a new store opened at Polygone Riviera in [[Cagnes-sur-Mer]].<ref name=":20" />

=== 2020s ===
In 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 Pandemic]] it was announced that four Printemps stores would close ([[Le Havre]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Metz]] & [[Place d'Italie]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-18 |title=Printemps to close stores |url=https://www.shiftlondon.org/news/french-department-store-printemps-to-close-7-of-its-shops/ |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Shift London |language=en-GB}}</ref> An outlet opened at the [[McArthurGlen Group|McArthurGlen]] Paris-Giverny mall in mid-2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FR |first=FashionNetwork com |title=Le Printemps prépare l'ouverture d'un outlet en Normandie |url=https://fr.fashionnetwork.com/news/Le-printemps-prepare-l-ouverture-d-un-outlet-en-normandie,1635159.html |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=FashionNetwork.com |language=fr}}</ref> In November 2024 it was revealed that Printemps would be forced to close the Polygone Riviera store with the centres new owners planning on converting it into entertainment park <ref name=":20" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Elsa |date=2024-11-20 |title=Polygone Riviera becomes Shopping Promenade Riviera under the Frey Group |url=https://monacolife.net/polygone-riviera-becomes-shopping-promenade-riviera-under-the-frey-group/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Monaco Life |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Store locations ==
As of 2025, Printemps operates nineteen stores in France (including two outlet locations), along with two international locations in [[Doha]], Qatar and [[New York City]], United States. 
{{Main|List of Printemps store locations}}
== International expansion ==
{{Main|List of Printemps store locations#International}}
=== Africa and the Middle East ===
In the 1930s a store opened in [[Antananarivo]], [[Madagascar]], the store was later converted into a Prisunic. A Printemps store opened in [[Jeddah]], Saudi Arabia in 1984.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2019-09-19 |title=History |url=https://www.groupe-printemps.com/en/history |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=groupe-printemps.com |language=en}}</ref>

Printemps Doha opened in November 2022 at [[Doha Oasis]] in [[Doha, Qatar]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=PRINTEMPS ANNOUNCES ITS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH ITS "NEXT GENERATION" DEPARTMENT STORE IN DOHA |url=https://origin.groupe-printemps.com/sites/default/files/2022-09/Printemps%20Doha%20Press%20release%2020220216.pdf}}</ref> The store is the largest department store in the Middle East at over {{convert|40000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and the brands second largest store it includes 14 restaurants and over 200 brands exclusive to the store.<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |last=Sandran |first=Aravin |date=1 November 2022 |title=Printemps Doha opening November |url=https://www.gqmiddleeast.com/style/printemps-doha-opening-november |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111103212/https://www.gqmiddleeast.com/style/printemps-doha-opening-november |archive-date=11 November 2022 |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=GQ Middle East}}</ref>  The store is a franchise ran by a company related to Printemps owner Disa.<ref name=":20" />

=== Asia ===
In 1981 the company started an international expansion by franchising stores it started with the opening of a location in [[Kobe]], Japan, they continued the expansion a year later opening a store in [[Sapporo]].<ref>{{cite news |date=17 January 2017 |title=プランタン銀座閉店！「フランス系デパート」歴史に幕――跡地はどうなる？ |url=https://hbol.jp/pc/125796/ |work=Harbor Business Online |language=ja}}</ref> Magasins Réunis in [[Nancy, France|Nancy]] was rebranded to Printemps in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-19 |title=des Magasins Réunis au Printemps, 132 ans d'histoire |url=https://nancybuzz.fr/histoire-magasins-reunis-au-printemps-nancy/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=NancyBuzz |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Printemps expanded to Singapore with its first store located at the ground floor of the newly built [[Le Méridien]] Hotel on [[Orchard Road]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Singapore |first=Remember |date=2020-11-07 |title=15 Defunct Department Stores We Miss the Most |url=https://remembersingapore.org/2020/11/07/singapore-former-department-stores/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Remember Singapore |language=en}}</ref> Owned by Town & City Properties Ltd,<ref name="jump">{{cite news |date=12 September 1983 |title=More than fivefold jump in earnings at Town & City |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19830912-1.2.30?qt=printemps&q=printemps |work=Business Times (Singapore)}}</ref> the store opened on 8 September 1983<ref name="jump" /> and closed on 24 December 1989 with 65 of its staff being retrenched.<ref name=":5">{{cite news |date=11 November 1989 |title=Year-end sales come early for Printemps |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19891111-1.2.4?qt=printemps&q=printemps |work=Business Times (Singapore)}}</ref> 

Printemps expanded to Malaysia under an exclusive 25-year franchise agreement<ref name="gets">{{cite news |title=Larut Tin gets retail franchise |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19840726-1.2.38.15?qt=printemps&q=printemps |work=The Straits Times |date=26 July 1984}}</ref> with Larut Tin Fields Berhad<ref name="plans">{{cite news |title=Chujitsuya, Larut Tin cancel plans far joint-venture |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singmonitor19840726-1.2.17.11?qt=printemps&q=printemps |work=The Singapore Monitor |date=26 July 1984}}</ref> through its subsidiary City Chemist Holdings.<ref name="gets" /> Its first store at [[Damansara Jaya]], [[Petaling Jaya]]<ref name="plans" /> opened on 26 July 1984,<ref name="gets" /><ref name="plans" /> with a second store at [[Fahrenheit 88|Kuala Lumpur Plaza]]<ref name="gets" /> set to open in late 1984.<ref name="plans" /> Two more stores opened in Japan in Ginza and Osaka.<ref>{{Cite web |last=US |first=FashionNetwork com |title=Printemps Ginza closes ahead of rebirth as Marronnier Gate Ginza |url=https://us.fashionnetwork.com/news/printemps-ginza-closes-ahead-of-rebirth-as-marronnier-gate-ginza,768632.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=FashionNetwork.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2016-12-31 |title=Printemps Ginza closes after 32 years of operation |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/business/printemps-ginza-closes-32-years-operation/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1988 two new locations opened in [[Istanbul]], Turkey and [[Seoul]], South Korea.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Diderich |first=Joelle |date=2015-10-02 |title=Printemps' Fresh Start |url=https://wwd.com/feature/printemps-fresh-start-10245927/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1994 a store opened in [[Bangkok]], Thailand at [[Seri Center]].<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Chaiwanichkit |first=Amornrut |title=The Development of the New Thai Shopping Center from a Blending of American and Thai Influences |url=https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5579&context=etd}}</ref> In 1995 a location opened in [[Taipei]], the store opened under a franchise agreement and was operated by the Taiwan-based Jieh Enterprises.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=China (Taiwan) |first=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of |date=1995-06-01 |title=The Lure of Luxury |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=8&post=12567 |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Taiwan Today |language=en}}</ref> Printemps also expanded into China in June 1995 with a six floor store opening on [[Huaihai Road]] in [[Shanghai]].<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=PUEL |first=Caroline |title=On trouve tout au nouveau Printemps de Shanghai. Le grand magasin franchisé vise la classe moyenne. |url=https://www.liberation.fr/futurs/1995/07/31/on-trouve-tout-au-nouveau-printemps-de-shanghai-le-grand-magasin-franchise-vise-la-classe-moyenne_138924/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref> Plans were announced for two more Chinese stores to open in 1996 ([[Dalian]], [[Chengdu]]) and then a Beijing store in 1997.<ref name=":11" /> 

In 2013, the Beijing-based [[Wangfujing Department Store]] which was a rival of Printemps in China acquired Printemps China (PCD Stores).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Asia |first=Inside Retail |date=2013-07-21 |title=Wangfujing acquires Printemps |url=https://insideretail.asia/2013/07/21/wangfujing-acquires-printemps/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Inside Retail |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=关于我们_王府井集团官方网站 |trans-title= |url=https://www.wfj.com.cn/page/about |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=wfj.com.cn}}</ref> In 2017 the last international store closed in [[Ginza, Tokyo]] and was converted into an extension of the nearby Marronnier Gate department store, the closing of the store ended a period of international expansion around the world.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=2016-12-31 |title=Printemps Ginza closes after 32 years of operation |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/31/business/printemps-ginza-closes-32-years-operation/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Printemps Ginza to change name, part ways with French partner |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Printemps-Ginza-to-change-name-part-ways-with-French-partner |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Nikkei Asia |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

The company is currently looking to open a store in [[Asia]] and is aiming to have 5-10 new stores by 2030 all of which will be located outside of France.<ref>{{Cite web |last=WW |first=FashionNetwork com |title=Newly opened Printemps Doha offers innovative customer experience |url=https://ww.fashionnetwork.com/news/Newly-opened-printemps-doha-offers-innovative-customer-experience,1463762.html |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=FashionNetwork.com |language=en-WW}}</ref>

=== Europe ===
In 1991 a store opened in [[Cascais]], Portugal.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Cinclus – Cascais Shopping Mall |url=http://cinclus.com/?oID=130&s=5&ss=13}}</ref>

=== United States ===
[[File:Printemps New York.png|thumb|alt=Printemps New York building featuring a subway entrance|Printemps store in New York City]]

Printemps opened its first store in the United States on 6 November 1987, at the [[Broadway Plaza (Denver)|Broadway Plaza]] in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. The store was approximately {{convert|88000|m2|sqft}}, and included a French bistro.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Zaslowsky |first1=Dyan |last2=Times |first2=Special To the New York |date=1987-11-12 |title=In Denver, Printemps Opens Its First American Branch Store |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/12/garden/in-denver-printemps-opens-its-first-american-branch-store.html |access-date=2022-09-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=French Retailer Printemps Will Test Market in Denver |url=https://apnews.com/article/a55f71d7c25da28255bbf5b9502c7913 |access-date=2023-04-29 |agency=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref> Business slowed after the first few months, and a shuttle bus operated to transport customers from Downtown Denver. The store closed in April 1989.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Moin |first=David |date=2023-08-29 |title=What to Watch: Printemps' New York City Venture |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/printemps-new-york-city-venture-1235772980/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref>

In September 2022, Printemps announced that they would open a two-level {{convert|54000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} at [[1 Wall Street|One Wall Street]] in [[New York City]].<ref name=":22">{{Cite news |date=2022-09-07 |title=Wall Street Is Getting a New Luxury Department Store in 2024 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-07/paris-s-printemps-plans-luxury-department-store-on-wall-street |access-date=2022-09-08 |publisher=Bloomberg News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Paris's Printemps Plans Luxury Department Store on Wall Street |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/news/luxury/pariss-printemps-plans-luxury-department-store-on-wall-street/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=The Business of Fashion |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Moin |first=David |date=2023-01-16 |title=Printemps CEO: What’s on Tap for New York City |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/printemps-new-york-city-store-one-wall-street-1235474464/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref> The store held a grand opening attended by ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' editor-in-chief [[Anna Wintour]] and Printemps Group president Jean-Marc Bellaiche on 21 March 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shapiro |first=Sarah |date=2025-03-21 |title=Nike’s Turnaround Roadmap & The Printemps Grand Opening |url=https://puck.news/nikes-turnaround-roadmap-the-printemps-grand-opening/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=[[Puck (media company)|Puck]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":18">{{Cite web |date=2025-03-03 |title=Paris’ Printemps Knows What’s Missing From American Retail |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/retail/paris-printemps-knows-whats-missing-from-american-retail/?utm_source=newsletter_dailydigest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily_Digest_030325&utm_term=QEXVQD62FZCW5IDXIWQAE5KZCA&utm_content=top_story_2_cta |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=The Business of Fashion |language=en}}</ref> It was designed by Laura Gonzalez and [[Gregory Gourdet]] is its culinary director.<ref name=":18" /> The location is designed to be the [[pied-à-terre]] to the Paris Haussmann store,<ref name=":18" /> it also contains the landmarked Red Room with mosaics designed by [[Hildreth Meière]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Binkley |first=Christina |date=2025-03-03 |title=New York’s ‘New Retail’? Printemps’s US arrival pulls out all the stops |url=https://www.voguebusiness.com/story/consumers/new-yorks-new-retail-printempss-us-arrival-pulls-out-all-the-stops |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Vogue Business |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=Article |first=Sarah Cascone ShareShare This |date=2024-07-22 |title=Former Banking Hall Designed by Hildreth Meière Now Landmark |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hildreth-meiere-wall-street-red-room-landmark-interior-2514857 |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Deauville]] branch acted as a testing space for Printemps New York following its 2023 renovation as like the New York store it now contains no leased [[store-within-a-store]] spaces.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moin |first=David |date=2025-03-03 |title=Welcome to New York: Paris-based Printemps Arrives on Wall Street in Resplendent Fashion |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/paris-based-printemps-arrives-on-wall-street-in-resplendent-fashion-1236933342/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Diderich |first=Joelle |date=2023-05-25 |title=Printemps Teases NY Flagship With New Deauville Concept Store |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/printemps-teases-new-york-city-flagship-with-deauville-concept-store-1235664684/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref> At opening, the boudoir department (vintage clothing, evening-wear, couture, fine jewellery) featured an exhibition of [[Jean Paul Gaultier]] pieces.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guo |first=Hilary Reid, Kitty |date=2025-03-12 |title=Printemps Is Here |url=https://nymag.com/strategist/article/printemps-opens-nyc-1-wall-st.html |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":24">{{Cite web |title=Is Printemps the New Barneys? |url=https://airmail.news/issues/2025-3-15/printemps-in-new-york |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=airmail.news |language=en}}</ref> The American online store will launch in late 2025.<ref name=":18" />

In May 2025 Laura Lendrum stepped down as CEO of Printemps America, joining the Printemps America advisory board as chairman.<ref name=":25">{{Cite web |last=Moin |first=David |date=2025-05-08 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Printemps on Wall Street Makes Change in Command |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/printemps-on-wall-street-makes-change-in-command-1237688334/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref> Lendrum had been in the role since 2021, she was replaced Thierry Prevost.<ref name=":25" /> Prevost was previously the managing director of Printemps New York and general manager of Printemps Doha.

=== Cancelled plans ===
In the early-mid 1980s there were plans to open in [[Hong Kong]] however these plans never eventuated.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Li Sen |first=Siow |date=12 August 1981 |title=Le Printemps plans department store |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19810812-1.2.12.6?qt=printemps&q=Printemps |work=[[The Business Times (Singapore)|The Business Times]] |page=3}}</ref>

A franchise in [[Ratu Plaza]], [[Jakarta]] which was supposed to open in 1998 was under construction but due to the [[1997 Asian financial crisis|Asian financial crisis]] and the [[May 1998 riots of Indonesia|May 1998 riots]] the store did not open.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=DBG |date=2020-01-07 |title=Ratu Plaza |url=https://setiapgedung.web.id/2020/01/ratu-plaza.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Setiap Gedung Punya Cerita |language=id}}</ref> In May 2019 plans were announced to open a store in [[Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II|Galleria Vittorio Emanuele]] in Milan. It would be 2,500 square metres and would open in 2021,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-05-15 |title=Le Printemps looks abroad as it seeks to double sales by 2030 |language=en |agency=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-printemps-expansion-idUSKCN1SL1PY |access-date=2022-09-12}}</ref> but due to the COVID-19 Pandemic plans were scrapped.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-07 |title=French luxury retailer Printemps to open first US store |url=https://www.voguebusiness.com/companies/french-luxury-retailer-printemps-to-open-first-us-store |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Vogue Business |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Léon & Lévy, Grands magasins du Printemps, c. 1889.jpg|The Printemps Haussmann with its new façade, {{circa|1889}}
File:Au Printemps, Paris December 2011.jpg|One of the Printemps Haussmann's frontage mosaics, reading '{{lang|fr|Au Printemps}}' ('At the Printemps')
File:Part of cupola Printemps.jpg|Detail of the cupola above the tearoom of the Printemps Haussmann
File:Printemps Ginza (2007.9.17).jpg|Printemps Ginza in 2007
File:Magasin Printemps Strasbourg liquidation 6 septembre 2021.jpg|Liquidation sale at the Strasbourg store
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[List of works by Henri Chapu]]
* [[Printemps Haussmann]]
* [[List of Printemps store locations]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.printemps.com/ ''Printemps France'' official website]
* [https://www.groupe-printemps.com ''Groupe Printemps'' official website]
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