Carrión (department store) explained

Carrión
Industry:Department stores
Founded:1970
Key People:Vicente Carrión
Hq Location Country:Honduras
Area Served:Honduras, Guatemala
Website:tiendascarrion.com

Carrión is a chain of department stores in Central America.

The chain is owned by, 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 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

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

Geographic presence

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

Costa Rica

Guatemala

Source: Facebook page for Carrión Guatemala

Honduras

In Honduras there are stores in:[8]

Nicaragua

Notes and References

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

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