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Presque Parisiennes Podcast

We’re pleased to present you a practical episode on shopping in Paris. As we go through shopping habits of Parisians, we prepared this guide on where to buy things from groceries to clothes, from furniture to antiques, as detailed as where to find a plumber.

Yes, this is the episode we finally talk about bed bugs in Paris and the French Pharmacy trend that went viral on TikTok.

All mentioned places and sources are in the links below so that you don't have to worry about taking notes as you listen :)

Global e-commerce rankings

Online shopping stats in France

Food:

History of épiceries

Numbers of boulangeries-pâtisseries

Rungis.

The marchés of Paris

Clothes:

Westfield Forum des Halles

Rue de Rivoli

Galaries Lafayettes, Printemps, Le BHV Marais, Le Bon Marché

Friperie, Emmaüs, Le Bon Coin, Vinted

Furniture:

IKEA, Conforama, Maison du Monde

DIY:

Leroy Merlin, Castorama, Bricorama

Antiques, second hand:

Marchés aux Puces, Rue d'Alésia, Puces d’Aligre, Vide-grenier and brocants

Everything:

Gifi

Electronics:

Darty

Plumber:

Plombier.com

Pharmacy rules and numbers.

Shopping habits.

Our ending quote is from Hors de Soi by Michel Polac.

We recorded this episode on 12 November at Les Trois Freres and it’s published on 21 November 2023.

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The music track used on our podcast is titled Into the Night and created by Praz Khanal.