Nicolas Houzé

About

For five generations, our family-run Group has been committed, with the support of our 14,000 employees, to carrying out our mission at the service of our clients by cultivating our sound values and singularity that have shaped us since our birth: the unique meeting of creation and retail for all. As department store leader promoting a “French Art of Living” and a committed fashion player, my role is to prepare us for the future and to keep on adapting our model in a retail market that is currently experiencing one of the greatest revolutions in its history. With a strong ambition: to make the Galeries Lafayette group a committed and multi-channel retailer. The many projects we are conducting - from our recent Champs Elysees flagship store to our Corporate Foundation, which opened in the heart of the Marais in a building renovated by Rem Koolhaas, to Lafayette Plug and Play, our innovation platform dedicated to retail and fashion in the digital transformation, and the acceleration of our development in major world capitals as well as our merger with La Redoute - reveal this ambition that drives our daily actions and our long-term vision.