Fábricas de Francia (English:Factories of France) was a Mexican department store founded in 1878 in Guadalajara as a lingerie store by 3 French immigrants.^[1] In 1988, theEl Puerto de Liverpool group bought the chain.^[2] By 2018, there were 41 Fábricas stores across Mexico. In 2018 and 2019, El Puerto de Liverpool phased out theFábricas de Francia brand and all stores were converted to either theLiverpool orSuburbia brand, except for three that were closed permanently.^[3][4]

Fábricas de Francia was founded as alingerie store in Guadalajara in 1878 by Disiderio Bonnafoux, José Chapuy and Léon Fortoul, immigrants from theUbaye Valley andBarcelonnette in southeastern France. The original store was at the northeast corner of San Francisco street (today, Avenida Juárez) and Del Carmen (today, Avenida 16 de Septiembre), a mansion (Spanish:palacio) of typicalSpanish Colonial architecture. With its growing success, the building was expanded and remodeled in 1898-9 in Parisian style (Second Empire style. It became the largest department store in the city, surpassingCiudad de México, La Ciudad de París and Nuevo Mundo.^[5]

The Parisian style in architecture was less appreciated by 1948, and the once-impressivepalacio was demolished in order to expand Juárez Avenue. The store opened its doors again, now in amodern-style building, which was rebuilt again in the early 1980s after an extensive fire. The façade that existed at the end of 1990 is the same today, though the store is now a branch ofLiverpool,^[1][5] as in 2018-9 the ownersEl Puerto de Liverpool group converted 38 of the 41Fábricas de Francia stores to eitherLiverpool orSuburbia formats, and permanently closed three others.

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

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