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

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chains

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and

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, freestanding retail stores of multiple fashion brands, and the Arco Norte logistics center, under construction. The financial group offers insurance as well as credit to customers of the two department store chains. The real estate group operates shopping malls, all but one ( Perisur) branded '' Galerías''. El Puerto de Liverpool held (as of December 2023) a US$246 million, 9.745% stake in U.S. retailer

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, and a 50% stake in

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-based

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, which operates retail chains in 26 Latin American countries. On December 23, 2024, it was announced that the company plans to increase its stake in Nordstrom to 49.9% as part of the American department store's plans to be taken private. The Group's headquarters are in Santa Fe, a suburb and a main business center in

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History

* 1944 El Puerto de Liverpool group was legally established as a public limited company, S.A. de C.V. * By 1965 listed on the

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* 1980: opened the Perisur shopping center and warehouse, the first shopping center the group owns * 1988: purchases the Fábricas de Francia department store with eight stores * 1992: opened its second distribution and receiving center: Bodega Tultitlán, with a motor transport network of 135 trucks at that time. It also inaugurates the Galerías Coapa and Galerías Insurgentes shopping centers with their respective warehouses. The systems development center is installed. * 1997: bought the Comercial Las Galas department store from Tiendas Chedraui, which it converted into ''Fábricas de Francia'' stores. * 1999: bought 11 stores from the Salinas y Rocha appliance store chain * 2006: changed from a S.A. de C.V. to an S.A.B. de C.V., to comply with the provisions of the Securities Market Law of June 28, 2006 * 2007: partnered with

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group's clothing retailer

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to launch dozens of Sfera stores across Mexico * 2015: partnered with U.S. retailer

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to bring its brands Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn and West Elm to Mexico in stores run by El Puerto de Liverpool group Giving customers the option to purchase goods and services in these boutiques using their cards (''DILISA'') and (''Livertu Universitarios''). This association will extend for a period of 10 years. * August 2016: Liverpool bought the

department store chain from Walmart Mexico for around 15.7 billion pesos (about $840 million at that time). * September 2018: announced conversion of 38 of the 41 ''Fábricas de Francia'' stores to ''Liverpool'' or ''Suburbia'' formats, and permanently close the other 3, thus sunsetting the 140-year-old brand.mx/opinion/de-jefes/max-david-michel's-bet-in-suburbia Max David Michel's bet in Suburbia.
El Financiero. November 12, 2018.

References

External links

Liverpool department store website

El Puerto de Liverpool group investor website
{{IPC companies * Companies in the Indice de Precios y Cotizaciones