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JoaillerieLangevin s’apprête à fusionner ses deux succursales de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu en une seule, après avoir acquis le bâtiment du boulevard Saint-Luc qui appartenait jadis à Lord Photo. Un projet évalué à 2 M$. Et comme un changement ne vient jamais seul, JoaillerieLangevin revampe son image et deviendraLangevin le bijoutier.
The two jewelry storesLangevin, one located on Boulevard Saint-Luc, near the boulevard de la Mairie, and the other at the Halles St-Jean, were about 6.5 kilometers away.A gap that cannibalize sales, in addition to double the fixed costs.
JeanLangevin, owner of JeweleryLangevin, recently acquired the building of 45-47, boulevard Saint-Luc.The transaction was finalized about a month ago.Langevin jewelry will be established at 45, boulevard Saint-Luc, in the old premises that welcomed Lord Photo until the end of March 2021.Tamtam boutique, which lodges at 47, becomes its tenant.
$ 2 million at the end of June, JeanLangevin will close his premises on boulevard Saint-Luc.Customers will be invited to frequent the Halles St-Jean store.This must stop its activities at the end of July.JeanLangevin plans to be ready to welcome his customers at his new address in early August.This will be under a new identity.Langevin jewelry will becomeLangevin the jeweler.
Until then, work is carried out to develop the place in the colors of the company.Tamtam store occupies about 1000 square feet.Jewelry and administrative offices will enjoy a area of around 3000 square feet.To these areas of the building built in 2008 are added the floor and the basement.
The space gain will allow the company to develop a rest room for its employees as well as a place to welcome the delivery people.A commercial space will also be dedicated to services and repairs, another will be devoted to the gemology laboratory, while a section will be doomed to the Pandora brand.Finally, in the center will be the reception.It is not impossible for the floor to be rented.
The overall cost of the project is estimated at $ 2 million, or $ 1.7 million for the purchase of the building and $ 300,000 for rental improvements.
Noted dozen employees of the two branches of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu will all be transferred to the new store."For the moment, there is no job created.I am waiting to see the developments, "says JeanLangevin, who can count on the presence and support of his spouse, Sylvie Boulanger.He expects to welcome a nice traffic with the merger.
M.Langevin is also working on his business succession.For a little over a month, her daughter Lydie, aged 26, has been working in the family trade.It is identified as a potential succession."Lydie is doing her gemology class at a New York school.She has always had an interest in jewelry.She accompanied me in the gemology salons in Arizona.I brought her to visit the new building and told me that she would help me.She comes to work here for six months so that she touches everything I do in a day, "said the jeweler.
The latter has no intention of bowing in the medium term, but it is aware that a business succession is preparing over several years.He is accompanied by a consultant who has expertise in this process.
Several of its employees have accumulated many years of experience, so that they are near retirement."Our concern is the employees who age.What we would like is that Lydie is creating a team, "said Mr..Langevin.His elder, Jade, is not interested in jewelry.
Expansion?JeanLangevin mentionne avoir des projets d’expansion.He does not spread the idea of acquiring other jewelries whose activities will stop following the retirement of their owner. Rappelons que JeanLangevin a obtenu son diplôme de l’Institut de l’horlogerie-bijouterie de Montréal en 1979.That same year, he settled in his parents' basement where he repaired watches and jewelry.
In the mid -1980s, he opened his first branch in Iberville, then in 1989, the purchase of the Selinor jewelry allowed him to settle at the Laplant crossroads.In 2011, he moved this shop on boulevard Saint-Luc.
Entretemps, en 1996, la retraite du bijoutier Serge Lebeau a permis à JeanLangevin de s’établir aux Halles St-Jean. JeanLangevin possède aussi une boutique sur la route 132 à Delson, ainsi que la manufacture Tech-Émotions, située sur la rue Chabanel à Montréal.
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