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  • The original store in 1905 after the 1899 remodel.
    The original store in 1905 after the 1899 remodel.
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    Fábricas de Francia Zumpango
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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, the El 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 the Fábricas de Francia brand and all stores were converted to either the Liverpool or Suburbia brand, except for four that were closed permanently.[3]

History

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Fábricas de Francia was founded as a lingerie store in Guadalajara in 1878 by Disiderio Bonnafoux, José Chapuy and Léon Fortoul, immigrants from the Ubaye Valley and Barcelonnette 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 typical Spanish 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, surpassing Ciudad de México, La Ciudad de París and Nuevo Mundo.[4]

The Parisian style in architecture was less appreciated by 1948, and the once-impressive palacio was demolished in order to expand Juárez Avenue. The store opened its doors again, now in a modern-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 of Liverpool, [1][4] as in 2018-9 the owners El Puerto de Liverpool group converted 37 of the 41 Fábricas de Francia stores to either Liverpool or Suburbia formats, and permanently closed four others.

Stores

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Table of Fábricas de Francia stores (2018) converted to Liverpool
Opened Closed Metro area or city Municipality/
Neighborhood 		State Mall Current
name
(Liverpool) 		Sq m (2022) Other Name (2016)
1999 Acapulco Gro. Galerías Acapulco Acapulco Galerías 10,852 Fábricas de Francia Acapulco
1986 Aguascalientes Ags. Villasunción Ags. Villasunción 6,094 Fábricas de Francia Aguascalientes
2000 Chihuahua Chih. Chihuahua Fashion Mall 8,636 Fábricas de Francia Chihuahua
2002 Ciudad Obregón Son. Ciudad Obregón 6,447 Fábricas de Francia Ciudad Obregón
1997 Coatzacoalcos Tab. Coatzacoalcos 7,969 Fábricas de Francia Coatzacoalcos
2017 Comitán Chis. Plaza Las Flores Comitan Comitán ? Fábricas de Francia Comitán
1997 Córdoba Ver. Córdoba Crystal 6,922 Fábricas de Francia Córdoba
2015 Cuautla Mor. Cuautla 5,283 Fábricas de Francia Cuautla
1878/ 1899/ 1951 Guadalajara Jal. Guadalajara Centro 8,275 Fábricas de Francia Gdl. Centro
1999 Guadalajara Jal. Gran Plaza 10,235 Fábricas de Francia Gdl. Gran Plaza
1974 Guadalajara Jal. Plaza Patria 8,641 Fábricas de Francia Gdl. Plaza Patria
1969 2021 Guadalajara Zapopan Jal. Plaza del Sol Plaza del Sol
(closed)		 8,255 Fábricas de Francia Plaza del Sol
1963 Mazatlán Sin. c/ Juárez y Cenizares Mazatlán Centro ? Fábricas de Francia Mazatlán
2016 Mexico City Tecámac Méx. Tecámac Power Center Tecámac 5,366 Fábricas de Francia Mexico Tecamac
2002 Oaxaca Oax. Oaxaca 10,034 Fábricas de Francia Oaxaca
2017 Oaxaca Oax. Plaza Bella Oaxaca Plaza Bella ? Fábricas de Francia Oaxaca Plaza Bella
1997 Poza Rica Ver. Poza Rica 5,567 Fábricas de Francia Poza Rica
1997 Puebla Pue. Puebla Crystal 6,186 Fábricas de Francia Puebla
2015 Salamanca Gto. Salamanca 5,721 Fábricas de Francia Salamanca
1999 Tapachula Chis. Tapachula 7,496 Fábricas de Francia Tapachula
1961 Tepic Nay. Tepic Centro 7,520 Fábricas de Francia Tepic
1997 Villahermosa Tab. Plaza Crystal Villahermosa Crystal 5,267 Fábricas de Francia Villahermosa
1997 Xalapa Ver. Plaza Américas Xalapa Plaza Américas 6,660 Fábricas de Francia Xalapa

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

Table of Fábricas de Francia stores (2018) converted to Suburbia
Year
opened
as FdF 		Metropolitan area Municipality or Neighborhood State Mall or address Converted to Area (2016, sqm)
2000 Ciudad Juárez Chih. Rio Grande Mall Suburbia Ciudad Juárez 6,768
2016 Los Mochis Sin. Plaza Sendero Los Mochis Suburbia Los Mochis 8,873
1999 Mazatlán Sin. Gran Plaza Mazatlán Suburbia Mazatlán
2014 Mexico City Tlalnepantla Mexico City Centro Lago De Guadalupe Suburbia Lago de Guadalupe 5,087
2014 Mexico City Iztapalapa Mexico City Plaza Central Suburbia México Plaza Central 4,972
2017 Mexico City Colonia Buenavista Mexico City Forum Buenavista Suburbia México Buenavista
2016 Mexico City Nicolás Romero Méx. Town Center Vista Hermosa Suburbia México Nicolás Romero 4,905
2015 Mexico City Texcoco Méx. Puerta Texcoco Suburbia Texcoco Puerta 4,929
2017 Mexico City Valle de Chalco Méx. Patio Valle de Chalco Suburbia Valle de Chalco
2015 Mexico City Zumpango Méx. Town Center Zumpango Suburbia Zumpango 4,810
2017 Saltillo Coah. Plaza Sendero Sur Suburbia Saltillo Sendero 5,071
2016 Tijuana La Presa Este B.C. Plaza Sendero Suburbia Tijuana 5,017
2017 Tlaxcala Apizaco Tlax. Plaza Apizaco Suburbia Apizaco 6,200
2017 Tonalá Jal. Plaza Lomas Suburbia Tonalá
2016 Uriangato Gto. Galerías Metropolitana Suburbia Uriangato 4,770
Table of Fábricas de Francia stores (2018) permanently closed
Year
opened
as FdF 		Metropolitan area Municipality or Neighborhood State Mall or address Area (2016, sqm)
1999 León (Zona Norte) Gto. La Gran Plaza 10,880
2016 Tuxtepec Centro Oax. Centro, Juárez 901 4,726
1999 Veracruz Boca del Río Ver. (Soriana-anchored center) 5,085
2015 Zona metropolitana del Valle de México Chimalhuacán Méx. Plaza Chimalhuacán 5,027

References

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  1. ^ a b Valerio Ulloa, Sergio (4 August 2014). "El inicio y la inmigración". Las Fábricas de Francia : historia de un almacén comercial en Guadalajara [Las Fábricas de Francia: history of a department store in Guadalajara] (in Spanish). Universidad de Guadalajara. p. 13. ISBN 9786074503272. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. ^ Bertero, María (13 September 2018). "Fábricas de Francia: la 'piedra en el zapato' de Liverpool que sucumbió ante Suburbia" [Fábricas de Francia: the 'stone in the shoe' of Liverpool that succumbed to Suburbia]. ModaEs (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Liverpool department store chain says adiós to the Fábricas de Francia brand". 13 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b Jauregui, Iván Serrano (1 February 2022). "Fábricas de Francia, histórico glamour tapatío". Gaceta UDG (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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