Muricy (retail store)

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.

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

History

Brazil
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

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 in 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
  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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