Liverpool_(department_store)

Liverpool (department store)

Liverpool (department store)

Mexican chain of department stores

Liverpool is a Mexican chain of department stores that is part of the El Puerto de Liverpool group (officially S.A.B. de Liverpool, S.A.B. de C.V.), a Mexican company that consists of commercial, financial, and real estate operations. The group has three divisions:

  • The commercial area operates two chains of department stores: Liverpool itself, and Suburbia, as well as 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.[1]
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El Puerto de Liverpool is listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange (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.[1] The Group's headquarters are in Santa Fe, a suburb and a main business center in Mexico City.

El Puerto de Liverpool group also owned another department store chain Fábricas de Francia, and in 2018 and -9 eliminated the brand, converting 14 stores to Suburbia format, 23 to Liverpool format, and permanently closing 4.

History

Advertisement in an 1867 almanac

Liverpool, first called The Cloth Case, was founded in 1847 by Jean-Baptiste Ebrard,[2] a Frenchman who first started selling clothes in cases in Downtown Mexico City. In 1872, he started importing merchandise from Europe [citation needed]. Much of the merchandise was shipped via Liverpool, England, prompting Ebrard to adopt the name Liverpool for his store, in 1862 he opened its second store and since then it has continued growing [citation needed].

Growth of the Liverpool chain

See also: El Puerto de Liverpool § History

for history of the group

  • In 1936, the new Liverpool Center building was inaugurated on Avenida 20 de Noviembre, designed by architect Enrique de la Mora and the first escalators were installed there. ] From Mexico City.
  • 1962, opened its first branch of Liverpool, Liverpool Insurgentes, in then-suburban Colonia Del Valle, 9 km southwest of its downtown Mexico City store.
  • 1970: Liverpool opened the Liverpool Polanco was inaugurated, internationally recognized for its beauty and functionality
  • 1972: opened Liverpool Satélite, the first Liverpool in a mall, Plaza Satélite
  • In 1993, Liverpool Santa Fe was inaugurated with the first ellipse-shaped escalators in Mexico City, in the Centro Santa Fe mall
  • 1996: opened Liverpool León
  • 2008: together with VISA, launched the Liverpool Premium Card credit card[3]
  • 2018-2020: rebrands 24 of the 41 Fábricas de Francia department stores as Liverpool. 14 other became Suburbia branches and 3 were permanently closed.

Gallery: Liverpool Polanco - interior

All photos were taken at Liverpool Polanco:

  • Cosmetics Hall
  • Carousel in the toy dept.
  • Housewares
  • Home organization
  • Home fabrics
  • Instruments
  • Pet dept.
  • Home fitness
  • Automotive
  • Gardening
  • Houseplants
  • Wax fruit and artificial flowers
  • Optical
  • Barber shop
  • Watch repair
  • Candy
  • Candy
  • Candy
  • Candy
  • Candy
  • Food hall
  • Food hall
  • Food hall
  • Food hall
  • Escobedo & Horacio St.
  • Parking structure and store

Events

Liverpool Parque Delta at night illuminated in the chain's signature pink

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: Valeria Mazza, Esther Cañadas, Eva Herzigova, Cindy Crawford, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bündchen, Adriana Lima, Claudia Schiffer, Julianne Moore, Alessandra Ambrosio, Doutzen Kroes, Bar Refaeli, Olivia Wilde, Milla Jovovich, and most recently Irina Shayk

Liverpool Stores

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Source: Tiendas ("Stores"), Liverpool website and p. 43, 2022 Annual Report

Liverpool Interlomas Store

Liverpool Interlomas
Main article: Liverpool Interlomas

In 2011, Liverpool opened a high-profile store at Paseo Interlomas, in the Interlomas, a major upscale suburban residential and business center in Greater Mexico City. The structure was designed by Rojkind Arquitectos. This three-story structure, dubbed the OVNI (UFO) for its distinctive metallic oval look, is clad in a double-layered stainless steel surface fabricated by Zahner.[4] The 30,000m2 department store includes a rooftop recreational park.[5] 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.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Liverpool - 2022 Integrated Annual Report - About El Puerto de Liverpool". www.elpuertodeliverpool.mx. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. [2]
    Brenes, Esteban R.; Haar, Jerry (2012). The Future of Entrepreneurship in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-230-27918-6.
  3. [3]
    .cnnexpansion.com/negocios/2008/08/29/liverpool-visa-launch-credit-card Liverpool-Visa launch credit card CCN Expansión. August 29, 2008.
  4. [4]
    DB, Andy (2 March 2012). "Liverpool Department Store - Update". Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  5. [5]
    Cerchiara, Claudia. "Liverpool Interolomas - Grand Opening". Retrieved 2012-07-03.
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