Four Liverpool stores are planned for opening: Monterrey La Fé, Zamora, Tampico Altama and Hermosillo Sonora.At the start of this year’s second quarter, we completed the acquisition of 122 Suburbia clothing stores from Walmex, as well as the intellectual property rights and other assets and rights pertaining to that division.Also the Galerías Tlaxcala shopping center has been inaugurated. The company plans a record year of openings in 2017 with a total of eleven new stores: four Liverpool, already inaugurated at the end of September, seven Fábricas de Francia of which four have already been opened and two Suburbia warehouses of which one has been inaugurated from them.Seven stores were opened under the Suburbia banner: Patio Tlalpan and Parque Antenas in Mexico City Amber in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas Sentura in Zamora, Michoacán Atlacomulco Square in the State of Mexico Galerías San Juan del Río in Querétaro and Parque Puebla, in Puebla. Five new Liverpool stores were opened: Parque Antenas in Mexico City Fresnillo, Zacatecas Paseo Querétaro, Querétaro Atlixco, Puebla and Mérida Cabo Norte in Yucatán. In October, the Suburbia webpage ww. started to offer online purchases capability. In July we launched the Suburbia Departamental and Suburbia Visa credit cards.We inaugurated a new shopping center in Jalisco under the name of "Galerías Santa Anita". In addition, Suburbia Coapa in Mexico City reopened its doors after September 2017’s earthquake. de Mexico Patio Tulancingo, Hidalgo Santa Anita, Jalisco Paseo Querétaro, Querétaro Gomez Palacio, Durango Amalucan, Puebla Tijuana 2000, Baja California, and Uptown Juriquilla, Querétaro. de México La Paz, Baja California Sur Huehuetoca, Edo. Four new Liverpool stores started operations at: Monclova, Coahuila Guanajuato, Guanajuato Santa Anita, Jalisco and Monterrey, Nuevo León, while 17 new stores opened under the Suburbia format: Cuautla, Morelos Monterrey Paseo Juárez, Nuevo León Guanajuato, Guanajuato Pachuca, Hidalgo Monclova, Coahuila Mérida, Yucatan Azcapotzalco, Mexico City Toluca Multiplaza, Edo. The transformation of the 41 Fábricas de Francia stores into 24 Liverpool stores and 14 Suburbia stores was carried out, while three stores closed their operations permanently. Suburbia incorporated General Merchandise into its offering, to incentivize credit and online sales.de México Guadalajara, Jalisco Tláhuac, Mexico City Rosarito Pavilion, Tijuana Culiacán Explanada, Sinaloa Plaza Tizara, Hidalgo Plaza Los Soles, Michoacán Centro San Miguel, Edo.
The investment strategy was revised, having decided to postpone Liverpool stores openings, while the following Suburbia units were opened: Tlalnepantla, Edo. The company's digital and logistics infrastructure was put to the test given the stores' closure as of the end of Q1 2020. This year was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.The Group reinforces its strategy to become the omnichannel leader in Mexico and announces its sustainability strategy: "La Huella de El Puerto de Liverpool" (El Puerto de Liverpool’s Footprint). While Liverpool opened one store at La Perla in Zapopan, Jalisco that replaced the unit that was closed at Plaza del Sol.
Suburbia opened 7 stores as follows: Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Villahermosa, Tabasco Los Reyes Tepozán, State of Mexico Puerta Aragón, Mexico City Ecatepec, State of Mexico Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico. The year began with some stores closed during the first quarter in certain states in the center of the country, stands out their good performance for the balance of the year.
After the COVID 19 pandemic, 2021 stands out as a period of recovery for the Company.