1832

Birth of Ferdinand Hediard in La Loupe, a village near Chartres.

1854

Ferdinand Hediard settles down his first shop in Notre Dame de Lorette street in Paris named “Comptoir d’epices et des colonies” (spices and colonies counter)

1867

First Universal Exhibition in Paris. Hediard becomes officially well-known with a publication in “L’officiel”

1872

Wedding of Ferdinand Hediard wih Marguerite Martin; Birth of Marie-Blanche two years later.

Opening of the Madeleine boutique 21, place de la Madeleine.

1898

Death of Ferdinand Hediard, the “traveler immobile”

1935

Jean and Germaine Kusel, Ferdinand Hediard’s grand children continue to manage the company after his death. The first gifts compositions are created.

1950-60

Hediard begins to expand with branches in Paris and points-of-sale all over France.

1973

First implantation in Japan.

1995

Michel Pastor takes control of the company

1996

Opening of the restaurant “La Table d’Hediard”, place de la Madeleine

2007

5 integrated boutiques in Paris, 20 boutiques and more than 100 retailers in France, 20 boutiques and more than 200 retailers worldwide.

2008

Serguei Pugatchev takes control of the company.