Le Bon Marché

E951031

department store historic building retail company tourist attraction

Le Bon Marché is a historic Parisian department store, often considered the world’s first modern department store and renowned for its upscale fashion, home goods, and gourmet food hall.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Le Bon Marché canonical	1
Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche	1
Le Bon Marché department store (with Gustave Eiffel)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11868694 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Le Bon Marché
Context triple: [Sèvres–Babylone, nearby, Le Bon Marché]

A. La Samaritaine
La Samaritaine is a historic Parisian department store and architectural landmark renowned for its Art Nouveau and Art Deco design, luxury shopping, and location near the Seine and the Pont Neuf.
B. Fauchon flagship store
The Fauchon flagship store is a renowned Parisian gourmet food and luxury delicatessen boutique known for its high-end pastries, chocolates, and fine foods.
C. Pinault-Printemps-Redoute
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute was a French retail and luxury goods conglomerate that evolved into the global luxury group now known as Kering.
D. Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
Galeries Lafayette Haussmann is a famous Parisian department store known for its grand Art Nouveau architecture, luxury shopping, and panoramic rooftop views over the city.
E. Karstadt
Karstadt is a major German department store chain known for its wide range of consumer goods and long-standing presence in the country’s retail sector.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Le Bon Marché
Target entity description: Le Bon Marché is a historic Parisian department store, often considered the world’s first modern department store and renowned for its upscale fashion, home goods, and gourmet food hall.

A. La Samaritaine
La Samaritaine is a historic Parisian department store and architectural landmark renowned for its Art Nouveau and Art Deco design, luxury shopping, and location near the Seine and the Pont Neuf.
B. Fauchon flagship store
The Fauchon flagship store is a renowned Parisian gourmet food and luxury delicatessen boutique known for its high-end pastries, chocolates, and fine foods.
C. Pinault-Printemps-Redoute
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute was a French retail and luxury goods conglomerate that evolved into the global luxury group now known as Kering.
D. Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
Galeries Lafayette Haussmann is a famous Parisian department store known for its grand Art Nouveau architecture, luxury shopping, and panoramic rooftop views over the city.
E. Karstadt
Karstadt is a major German department store chain known for its wide range of consumer goods and long-standing presence in the country’s retail sector.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department store ⓘ historic building ⓘ retail company ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architect	Louis-Charles Boileau ⓘ linked to: Louis-Alexandre Boileau
architecturalStyle	19th-century commercial architecture ⓘ
brand	Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche ⓘ linked to: Le Bon Marché
city	Paris ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbol of Parisian luxury retail ⓘ
developedInto	modern department store ⓘ
foundedBy	Aristide Boucicaut ⓘ Marguerite Boucicaut ⓘ
hasFoodHall	La Grande Épicerie de Paris Rive Gauche ⓘ linked to: La Grande Épicerie de Paris
hasPart	La Grande Épicerie de Paris ⓘ art and design spaces ⓘ beauty department ⓘ fashion department ⓘ homeware department ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.lebonmarche.com ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic Parisian landmark ⓘ
inception	1852 ⓘ
industry	retail ⓘ
influenced	development of department stores worldwide ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the first modern department stores ⓘ gourmet food hall ⓘ luxury home goods ⓘ upscale fashion ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
locatedIn	7th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ
locatedOn	Left Bank of the Seine ⓘ
offers	designer brands ⓘ exclusive collaborations ⓘ tax-free shopping for tourists ⓘ
openingDate	1852 ⓘ
originalBusinessType	small shop ⓘ
ownedBy	LVMH ⓘ
parentCompany	LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton ⓘ linked to: LVMH
productCategory	accessories ⓘ clothing ⓘ cosmetics ⓘ gourmet food ⓘ home furnishings ⓘ
serves	affluent customers ⓘ
streetAddress	24 Rue de Sèvres ⓘ
structuralEngineer	Gustave Eiffel ⓘ
translatedName	The Good Market ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sèvres–Babylone → nearby → Le Bon Marché ⓘ

subject linked to: Sèvres–Babylone metro station

Louis-Alexandre Boileau → notableWork → Le Bon Marché department store (with Gustave Eiffel) ⓘ

linked to: Le Bon Marché

Le Bon Marché → brand → Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche ⓘ