Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store has opened a limited-time shop, "merci ruban," for Paris-based select shop "merci." It will be located in the central hall on the first floor of the main building until October 14th. The shop will also be selling trunks featuring the Mitsukoshi shopping bag pattern, which was redesigned in April 2014. The focus is on ribbons, a key industry in the Saint-Étien region of France from the 19th to 20th centuries. The shop exhibits and sells approximately 2,000 sheets, including ledgers and large catalogs with ribbon samples from the period. These were originally preserved in Saint-Étien as original documents, but were not available on the market until Merci acquired them and held an event in Paris in February 2014. This marks the first time they are being sold in Japan at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, with prices ranging from 1,500 yen to several tens of thousands of yen. Also available are Merci's popular original medals, linen tote bags, scarves, and ribbon medals. They will also be releasing collaboration items with Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store, such as masking tape with a Mitsukoshi shopping bag pattern and a trunk (large 13,000 yen, small 11,000 yen). The bag features a design called "Shirojiisowaritsukemon Minori" (White Background with a Divided Pattern, Fruitful), originally created by Yuzen artist and Living National Treasure Moriguchi Kunihiko for the kimono that is the origin of Mitsukoshi, and has been used as the store's new patterned shopping bag since April 1, 2014.

Merci was founded in 2009 by the Cohen couple, the founders of children's clothing brand Bonpoint, and carries a wide range of products including fashion accessories, stationery, and living goods. "Ruban" means ribbon in French.