The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Champs Elysées transformed as rents push out old-timers The Champs Elysées, a site high on the list of many Paris visitors, is being transformed as eye-watering rents drive out retailers like British multinational Virgin to make space for what is likely to be another foreign group looking to showcase their products to some 300,000 window shoppers per day. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130108/champs-elysees-transformed-as-rents-push-out-old-timers Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:43:00 +0100 champs-elysees-transformed-as-rents-push-out-old-timers