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High-end UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) will open its first Paris store on 24 November, according to local press reports.

As part of the company's re-entry into the French market, 10 years after its high-profile exit, the Champs-élysées store will be complemented by a further four stores in the capital, Planet Retail reported.

The group is also eyeing sites at the Carousel shopping centre in the Louvre, a store in a centre near Levallois-Perret, which is due to open in 2013, and a site on Rue de Rivoli, reports have suggested.