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Muricy (retail store)

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Muricy
Company typeDepartment store
IndustryRetail
Founded27 January 1976 (1976-01-27) in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Defunct1998
FateDefunct
SuccessorPernambucanas
Headquarters
São Paulo
,
Brazil
Areas served
Brazil
Chile
ProductsElectronics, clothing, furniture, gifts
OwnerArthur Lundgren Tecidos S.A.
ParentPernambucanas

Muricy was a chain of department stores of Brazilian origin founded in 1976 and dissolved in 1998. In Chile it had operations between 1981 and 1990.

History

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Brazil

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Advertisement for the opening of first store at Curitiba, April 1976

The company was founded by Arthur Lundgren Tecidos S.A. in Brazil on 27 January 1976,[1] opening its first store in Curitiba on 9 April of that same year,[2] which had 5 floors (3 of 1500 m2 and 2 of 1000 m2) and it was considered the most modern department store of the country, being built specifically for that purpose.[3] Among the novelties introduced by the store was the exhibition and demonstration of the products for sale, and the credit system in installments.[4][5]

By 1990, Muricy owned stores in Curitiba, São José dos Campos, Ribeirão Preto and Campinas.[6] Muricy's Brazilian stores are now part of the Pernambucanas chain, also owned by Arthur Lundgren Tecidos, which were converted under their current name in October 1998.[7]

Chile

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In Chile, it was incorporated under the name "Sociedad Comercial Muricy Limitada" on 12 February 1981,[8] changing its name to "Sociedad Comercial de Tiendas Limitada" on 7 July 1983.[9] The company had premises in Mall Parque Arauco (opened in April 1982) and Mall Plaza Vespucio (opened in August 1990).[10]

Muricy's Chilean operations ended on 29 December 1990, when the company declared bankruptcy and suddenly closed their 2 stores, formally ceasing operations on 10 January 1991,[11] after which Almacenes París acquired the premises it owned in the two Santiago shopping centers and reopened under their brand in March 1991.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Muricy". Empresas do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Experiências dos trabalhadores das lojas Pernambucanas no contexto da reestruturação produtiva (1970–2000)" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Muricy inaugura amanhã". Diário do Paraná (in Portuguese). 8 April 1976. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Muricy traz inovaçoes". Diário do Paraná (in Portuguese). 27 March 1976. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Muricy, onde a escolha é maior". Diário do Paraná (in Portuguese). 9 April 1976. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Empresas". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). 31 July 1990. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Pernambucanas inaugura nova loja em Curitiba". Folha de Londrina (in Portuguese). 27 October 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Extracto constitución Sociedad Comercial Muricy". Diario Oficial (in Spanish). 17 February 1981. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Extracto modificación estatutos". Diario Oficial (in Spanish). 19 July 1983. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Hoy, los chilenos pueden nacer, estudiar y casarse en un mall". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 17 April 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Extracto modificación estatutos Sociedad Comercial de Tiendas Limitada". Diario Oficial (in Spanish). 17 January 1991. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Metamorfosis". Capital (in Spanish). 14 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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