In 1928 Nouvelles Galeries created the Uniprix [fr] variety store brand.

The Cofinoga [fr] consumer credit card was launched by the brand in 1971, they also began offering insurance in 1979.

The headquarters had its own testing laboratory, integrated printing press, high-tech computer platform.

Before 1944 : 86-92, rue Saint-Jean / 13-15, rue de Bernières Passage under the Galeries Lafayette brand In the early 1980s the company created CMJ (Centre Maison Jardin, or in English Home Garden Centre).

[22] On October 4, 1972, an individual shot at customers of the Nouvelles Galeries in Angoulême with a Winchester .44 rifle, killing four people (three children and a woman) and injuring six others.