El Corte Ingls
El Corte Ingls
,
Spain
's biggest
chain
of
department stores
, was founded in
1940
by Ramn Areces, who had a
Madrid
tailor shop on Madrid's
Calle Preciados
. On Areces'
death
Isidoro lvarez was named his successor, and shortly became one of the most powerful men in Spain. In 1995 El Corte Ingls bought out its only serious competitor,
Galerias Preciados
. Offshoots of the El Corte Ingls
empire
include Viajes El Corte Ingls (a
travel agency
),
Hipercor
(a chain of
hypermarkets
), Opencor (
upmarket
convenience stores
) Supercor (
supermarkets
) and Sfera (a
Zara
- style clothes, accessories and beauty product chain). In 2001 a store was opened in
Lisbon
, Portugal. One of the reasons of the
success
of El Corte Ingls is its money-back
guarantee
policy: unsatisfied customers can usually return their faulty goods or unwanted presents for a cash
refund
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