The City of Lights on Christmas shopping spree

(24 Dec 2003)
1. Wide shot of department store Le Printemps
2. Pan from street to Le Printemps Christmas window display
3. Various close up of Le Printemps Christmas window display with children
4. Interior of department store Galeries Lafayette with at the center large decorated
5. Christmas tree
6. Medium shot of Christmas tree from third floor with customers below
7. Various of Galeries Lafayette's toys department
8. Razurec walking through the toy department
9. SOUNDBITE: (French) Delphine Razurec, Galeries Lafayette's toy department purchaser:
"Toys for boys are greatly influenced by television action figures, with all the action heroes, such as Hulk, Spiderman and Batman. That's the main trend with the boys - from 7 to 12 years are addicted to them."
10. Cutaway of girl playing with music toy
11. SOUNDBITE: (French) Delphine Razurec, Galeries Lafayette's toy department purchaser:
"For toddlers, the big trend this year are all musical products, everything connected with music so, karaoke, games, such as star academy, for example, the gold edition, and all kinds of soundmixers."
12. Toddler playing with toy piano
13. Children looking at moving teddy bear display
14. Close up of child
15. Rotating pan of Galeries Lafayette's roof down to Christmas tree and ending at customer with child
16. Zoom out from Les Invalides to scintillating Eiffel Tower

STORYLINE:

Paris, the city of lights, celebrates Christmas the way it does best, by dressing up its grand boulevards with festive lights. Paris sparkles this time of year.

Renowned department stores, such as Galeries Lafayette and Le Printemps, mark the annual festive season with lavishly decorated Christmas windows.

The busiest season of the year, these upmarket department stores hope to entice Christmas buyers to splash out on presents.

According to Delphine Razurec, Galeries Lafayette's toy department purchaser, the most popular Christmas items for children this year include karaoke machines, action figures, and interactive games.

But the season of good will has a hard economic face - many retailers count on Christmas sales to meet their sales goals.

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