The BHV Employee Directory

The Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville or BHV is a department store on rue de Rivoli in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, facing the Hôtel de Ville. It is part of the Groupe Galeries Lafayette and served by the Metro station Hôtel de Ville. It occupies four other smaller specialized stores, in the neighborhood, and has also opened several other shops in Fran... ce and in Beirut, Lebanon. Most of the stores in France are closed nowadays, only three of them remain. In 2012, the store management announced further modifications to its structure, with renovation on each floor, to give a renewal aspect to the store. Paul Delaoutre, CEO of the branch department stores of the Galeries Lafayette group explained that they aimed at targeting creative urban inhabitants looking for originality. This is the reason why they decided to reinvent the BHV. This also implied a new name which is no longer the BHV but the BHV Marais and a new logo.Read More