1865! A visionary entrepreneur is struck with a genius idea : to build a department store that offers everything. Several months later, Printemps opens its doors. Its name refers to the spring season, symbolising renewal, freshness and the blossoming of dynamic ideas. Right at the centre of Paris, it is the first to be equipped with electricity and to offer set prices: an incredible breakthrough at a time when haggling was commonplace. Parisians make a beeline for Printemps... In the 1930s, the sumptuous Art Nouveau pavilion of Printemps is at the heart of the World’s Fair. But the store continues to innovate and move forward! Despite two fires, Printemps never ceases to renew, modernise and embellish itself... In 1975, it receives the absolute honour: the building’s façade is registered as a Historic Monument.