Liverpool is a Mexican

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chain founded by Jean Baptiste Ebrard in 1847. It is owned by the holding company

El Puerto de Liverpool El Puerto de Liverpool (officially ''S.A.B. de Liverpool, S.A.B. de C.V.'') is a Mexican company that consists of commercial, financial, and real estate operations. The commercial area operates the department store chains Liverpool and Suburbia, ...

. El Puerto de Liverpool is listed on the

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(BMV) under the ticker symbol LIVEPOL. The company also holds a 50% stake in Unicomer, a company that has retail chains in 26 Latin American countries. The Group's headquarters are in Santa Fe, a suburb and a main business center in

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. El Puerto de Liverpool group also owned another department store chain

Fábricas de Francia Fábricas de Francia () was a Mexican department store founded in 1878 in Guadalajara as a lingerie store by 3 French immigrants. In 1988, the El Puerto de Liverpool group bought the chain. By 2018, there were 41 Fábricas stores across Mexico. In 2 ...

, and in 2018-19 eliminated the brand, converting 14 stores to the Suburbia format, 23 to Liverpool, and permanently closing 4.

History

Liverpool, first called ''The Cloth Case'', was founded in 1847 by Jean-Baptiste Ebrard, a

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who first started selling clothes in cases in Downtown Mexico City. In 1872, he started importing merchandise from

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. Much of the merchandise was shipped via

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

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, prompting Ebrard to adopt the name ''Liverpool'' for his store, in 1862 he opened its second store and since then it has continued growing .

Growth of the Liverpool chain

''for history of the group'' * In 1936, the new Liverpool Center building was inaugurated on Avenida 20 de Noviembre, designed by architect

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and the first

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s were installed there. * 1962, opened its first branch of Liverpool, Liverpool Insurgentes, in then-suburban

Colonia Del Valle Colonia Del Valle ( Spanish: ''Del Valle neighborhood'') is a Colonia in the Benito Juarez borough of Mexico City. Founded as an aristocratic recreational neighborhood during the Porfiriato era, it has witnessed the various transformations ...

, 9 km southwest of its downtown Mexico City store. * 1970: Liverpool opened the Liverpool Polanco, internationally recognized for its beauty and functionality * 1972: opened Liverpool Satélite, the first Liverpool in a mall,

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* In 1993, Liverpool Santa Fe was inaugurated with the first ellipse-shaped escalators in Mexico City, in the

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mall * 1996: opened Liverpool León * 2008: together with

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, launched the ''Liverpool Premium Card'' credit card * 2018-2020: rebrands 24 of the 41 ''Fábricas de Francia'' department stores as ''Liverpool''. 14 became ''

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'' branches and 3 were permanently closed.

Gallery: Liverpool Polanco - interior

All photos were taken at Liverpool Polanco: File:Cosmetics_Hall,_Liverpool_department_store,_Polanco,_Mexico_City_-_View_from_above2.jpg, Cosmetics Hall File:Liverpool Polanco, Mexico City merry-go-round.jpg, Carousel in the toy dept. File:Housewares_department,_Liverpool_department_store,_Polanco,_Mexico_City.jpg, Housewares File:Liverpool Polanco, Mexico City home furnishings departments, home organization.jpg, Home organization File:Liverpool Polanco, Mexico City home furnishings departments, fabrics.jpg, Home fabrics File:Liverpool Polanco, Mexico City musical instruments department.jpg, Instruments File:Doghouses in Liverpool Polanco, Mexico City pet supplies department.jpg, Pet dept. File:Treadmills and other home fitness equipment at Liverpool department store, Polanco, Mexico City.jpg, Home fitness File:Liverpool Polanco, Mexico City automotive department.jpg, Automotive File:Liverpool Polanco, Mexico City hardware-gardening-lawnmower department.jpg, Gardening File:Houseplants at Liverpool Polanco, Mexico City plant department.jpg, Houseplants File:Wax fruit and artificial flowers at Liverpool Polanco.jpg, Wax fruit and artificial flowers File:Glasses at Liverpool Polanco, Mexico City optical department.jpg, Optical File:Barber shop in Liverpool Polanco department store, Mexico City.jpg, Barber shop File:Watchbands at Liverpool Polanco, Mexico City watch repair service.jpg, Watch repair File:Liverpool Polanco, Mexico City candy department-1.jpg, Candy File:Liverpool Polanco, Mexico City candy department-2.jpg, Candy File:Chocolates at candy department at Liverpool department store, Polanco, Mexico City.jpg, Candy File:Pick-a-mix (bulk candy sold by weight) at candy department at Liverpool department store, Polanco, Mexico City.jpg, Candy File:Pick-a-mix (bulk candy sold by weight) at candy department at Liverpool department store, Polanco, Mexico City-2.jpg, Candy File:Gourmet food hall at Liverpool department store, Polanco, Mexico City-1.jpg, Food hall File:Beer bar and bakery at gourmet food hall at Liverpool department store, Polanco, Mexico City.jpg, Food hall File:Packaged gourmet foods and deli counter at gourmet food hall at Liverpool department store, Polanco, Mexico City-2.jpg, Food hall File:Pick-a-mix (bulk candy sold by weight) at candy department at Liverpool department store, Polanco, Mexico City-3.jpg, Food hall File:Liverpool Polanco SE store exterior looking NW from Mariano Escobedo at Horacio.jpg, Escobedo & Horacio St. File:View of top of Liverpool Polanco parking garage with store behing it, looking southeast along Mariano Escobedo-2-2.jpg, Parking structure and store

Events

Fashion Fest

Fashion Fest of Liverpool is an annual festival that covers new fashion trends for the new seasons, it has reunited some of the most important supermodels like:

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Heidi Klum Heidi Klum (; born 1 June 1973) is a German and American model, television personality, producer, and businesswoman. She appeared on the cover of the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' in 1998 and was the first German model to become a Vict ...

Gisele Bündchen Gisele Caroline Bündchen (, , born 20 July 1980) is a Brazilian fashion model. Since 2001, she has been one of the highest-paid models in the world. In 2007, Bündchen was the 16th-richest woman in the entertainment industry and earned the ...

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Alessandra Ambrosio Alessandra Corine Ambrósio (; born 11 April 1981) is a Brazilian model. She is known for her work with Victoria's Secret and was chosen as the first spokesmodel for the company's Pink (Victoria's Secret), PINK line. She was a Victoria's Secret A ...

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, and most recently Irina Shayk

Liverpool Stores

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Liverpool Interlomas Store

In 2011, Liverpool opened a high-profile store at

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, in the

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, a major upscale suburban residential and business center in

. The structure was designed by Rojkind Arquitectos. This three-story structure, dubbed the ''OVNI'' (

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) for its distinctive metallic oval look, is clad in a double-layered stainless steel surface fabricated by

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. The 30,000m2 department store includes a rooftop recreational park. Several design firms were involved in various aspects of the project. The interiors were done by American architecture and design firm FRCH Design Worldwide, the rooftop garden by Thomas Balsley and the gourmet space by JHP Design.

References

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