L’Usine Roubaix

L’Usine Roubaix is a factory outlet shopping centre in Roubaix, in the Nord, located in the city’s historic textile district. Roubaix was the centre of France’s wool and textile industry during the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the magasin d’usine format — direct-from-factory discounted retail — has strong historical roots in the city. Galeries Lafayette The Outlet operates a full department-store format within the scheme, adding a stronger multi-brand anchor than a standard factory-outlet mix.

Nike and Adidas hold sportswear positions. Levi’s and Lee Cooper cover denim. Damart — a Roubaix-founded thermal underwear and knitwear brand established in 1953 — holds a position that reflects the city’s textile manufacturing heritage. Descamps covers premium bed linen and home textiles. Yves Delorme covers luxury home textiles. IKKS, Promod, Pimkie, Etam Lingerie, Triumph and RougeGorge cover mainstream and specialist fashion. Oxbow and Quiksilver serve the surf and outdoor category. Catimini and Orchestra cover children’s fashion. Skechers covers footwear.

L’Usine Roubaix is served by Roubaix’s metro and tram connections, which link it to Lille-Euralille and the cross-border catchment from Mouscron and Tournai in Belgium. The Belgian cross-border catchment is a structural element of Roubaix’s retail economy given its position at the Franco-Belgian border.

Damart’s presence in its home city is the most culturally specific tenant in the scheme. The brand was founded in Roubaix by the Despature family, whose textile business grew into one of France’s largest mail-order fashion companies. Its outlet position in L’Usine connects the scheme directly to the manufacturing and commercial heritage that defined Roubaix’s economic identity throughout the industrial era.