Opened more than 30 years ago, the unmissable Disney Store on the Champs Elysées is about to close its doors. The Covid, the demonstrations and the price of rents on the most beautiful avenue in the world got the better of the last store dedicated to the universe of Mickey and his friends. Here’s what we know.
The Disney Store is expected to close its doors soon. The only store located outside the Disneyland Paris park, at 44 avenue des Champs-Elysées was inaugurated in 1993. Thirty years after its opening, the lease would indeed expire and the brand would not have decided to extend the dates. In question ? The Covid, the various demonstrations such as the Yellow Vests, the drop in tourists, as well as the price of rents on the most beautiful avenue in the capital seem to have damaged the future of the 600 square meter store, which would threaten around forty jobs. But until when can we go to the store?
A permanent closure of the Disney Store in May?
The Disney Store in Paris should close its doors “in May”, the store’s Customer Service tells us.but no official date has yet been announced. “We are awaiting more information from management, which should provide more details during the week”, we are told. According to our sources, the staff of the Parisian store expects a “mid-May” closure, but the information”have changed again, we were told in May”.
The closing date of the Disney Store in May therefore seems to be confirmed since this is what the site had already announced Actu.fr At the beginning of April. According to the mayor of the 8th arrondissement of Paris Jeanne d’Hauteserre, “the group had communicated a few months ago about the closure of the store“. This end clap was also confirmed by the general delegate of the Champs-Élysées Committee Edouard Lefebvre to BFM Businesswhich however specifies that it does not know a closing date.
Where to buy Disney products?
Subsequently, the group would like to refocus on e-commerce. Recall that a total of 24 Disney Store boutiques have been gradually closed in France, including the “corners” located in the Galeries Lafayette stores. Fans who wish to shop for products derived from Mickey and other Disney characters will therefore find what they are looking for on The online store Disney shopas well as in the Disney Store located in the theme park or in Disney Village.
While waiting for more official communication from Disney, fans and other nostalgic people are taking the opportunity to do some shopping in the last Disney Store on the Champs-Elysées.