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In 1929 the two brothers decided to go their separate ways. Joseph Gibert, the elder son of the founder, opened his own bookstore, named Gibert Joseph, at 30 boulevard Saint-Michel, while RĂ©gis, the younger son, maintained the original bookshop on the Quai Saint-Michel, trading under the name Gibert
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pandemic a number of Gibert Joseph stores in the French provinces were forced to close. In Paris the premises of the Gibert Jeune bookstore located at 5 place Saint-Michel in Paris were sold by the Jeune family and a job protection plan was formalised on 4 December 2020. The historic bookstore
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denounced the lack of transparency with which the merger discussions were held, deplored the lack of information provided to the employees of Gibert Jeune and Gibert Joseph, and voiced its concerns about the possible social consequences of this merger.
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The Gibert Jeune business, on the other hand, concentrated on Paris. In 1934 it moved to the right bank of the Seine and established a bookstore at 15 boulevard St Denis while in 1971 investing in the building at 5
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