Maybe their wer in Paris and picked up on this...then again, having
H&M in downtown might bring people in. Cookman Ave like the Paris's
Champs Elysees?? I recall about 28 years ago have a burger in a Mcd's
AND they served wine. Today even have chicago pizza and planet
hollywood and more.....
See the following article:
Sweden's fashion giant H&M has been barred from setting up shop on
Paris's Champs Elysees, city hall said, after a report warned of an
invasion of high-street retailers along the famed avenue.
Regional planning officials voted overwhelmingly against H&M's plans
for a Champs Elysees superstore, designed by the star French
architect Jean Nouvel and set to open in 2008, after city officials
came out against it.
The decision follows a recent report carried out for Paris city hall,
which raised the alarm over the growing number of chain stores and
fast food outlets that rub shoulders with luxury brands on the avenue.
"Can we risk it turning into another Oxford Street?" the report asks,
referring to central's London's main shopping avenue.
A deputy to Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe insisted on Monday that the
city "has nothing against H&M" and that the decision was intended to
preserve a "mix of culture, restaurants and shopping."
"Clothing stores already account for 39 percent of all traders on the
Champs Elysees. We want the cinemas and restaurants to stay," said
Lyne Cohen-Solal.
Paris city hall is working with the Paris Chamber of Commerce and
Industry and a committee of Champs Elysees traders to draw up a
commercial development plan for the avenue by mid-2007.
Unless firm action is taken, they argue, global chain stores will
take over the avenue, since they are the only ones able to afford the
skyrocketing rents.
But the planning verdict got a lukewarm reception from the Champs
Elysees traders' group.
"This was more than just another shop," said a spokesman, Dominique
Rodet. "It was a concept store -- H&M had promised to do something
really different."
According to Le Parisien newspaper, H&M is likely to appeal the
decision before France's national business planning office.
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