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Carrión (department store)

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Carrión
IndustryDepartment stores
Founded1970
Headquarters
Honduras
Area served
Honduras, Guatemala
Key people
Vicente Carrión
ParentGrupo Roble [es]
Websitetiendascarrion.com

Carrión is a chain of department stores in Central America.

The chain is owned by Grupo Roble [es], itself part of Grupo Poma. It originated in La Ceiba, Honduras in 1970[1] where it opened under the name Bazar Carrión. It opened in Costa Rica in 2000, in Honduras in 2003, in Nicaragua in 2004, and in Guatemala in 2005.[2]

In 2012 the company invested US$5 million in a new store in Tegucigalpa.[3]

Despite closing its 6,000 m2 store at Multiplaza San José Costa Rica, Carrión expressed an intention at the time to expand in the country[4] and did eventually open a new store in Alajuela in 2015.[1] The company later pulled out of the Costa Rica market,[4] and its unique location in Honduras closed in 2019.[5]

Key people

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The owner as of 2015 was Vicente Carrión.[1]

Geographic presence

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Originated Honduras, and opened in Costa Rica (2000), El Salvador (2003, 2 stores closed 2019),[6] Nicaragua (2004) and Guatemala (2005) [7]

Costa Rica

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Guatemala

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Source: Facebook page for Carrión Guatemala

Honduras

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In Honduras there are stores in:[8]

Nicaragua

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Vicente Carrión: 'No tengo cola que me pisen'". La Prensa (Honduras) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Carrión: a la conquista de Centroamérica". www.revistaeyn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  3. ^ "Carrion Stores Invests $5 million in Honduras - CentralAmericaData :: The Regional Business Portal". en.centralamericadata.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Carrion to Keep Investing in Costa Rica - CentralAmericaData :: The Regional Business Portal". en.centralamericadata.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  5. ^ Times, El Salvador (2019-02-26). "FOTOS: Almacenes Carrión se va del país". El Salvador Times (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  6. ^ "El almacén Carrión cierra operaciones en El Salvador luego de 16 años". Noticias de El Salvador - elsalvador.com (in Spanish). 27 February 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Historia". CARRION (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Nuestras tiendas". CARRION (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Multiplaza presenta Bac Credomatic fashion week 2023 - Hondudiario - Primer Periodico Digital de Honduras". Hondu Diario (in Spanish). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  10. ^ Alvarez, Wendy (4 June 2019). "Tienda Carrión cierra sus puertas en el centro comercial Plaza Inter Managua. Esta habría sido la razón". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2024.