París-Londres

París-Londres, also known as "La Gran Boutique", was a chain of department stores that were briefly rebranded CLASS,^[1] then purchased by Grupo Cifra, owner of Suburbia, and rebranded as Suburbia in the 1990s after Mexico started to permit imports from abroad on a large scale. The main store was located at 81, 16 de Septiembre Street in the Historic Center of Mexico City, and there were branches at Perisur, Plaza Satélite and in Polanco.^[2][3]

Stores

Stores were located in:^[4]

• Centro, Ave. 16 de Septiembre #81, now a VIPS restaurant.^[5]
• Colonia del Valle area, Avenida Insurgentes Sur 1235, site is now an office building
• Condesa, Avenida Sonora 180, NE corner of Avenida Ámsterdam, site is now a mixed-use building
• Lindavista, Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional 1787
• Polanco at Horacio 203, now an Innovasport superstore^[6] as did Saks Fifth Avenue from 2010 to 2020.
• Perisur
• Satélite: Plaza Satélite

External links

• Commercial for París-Londres on YouTube
• Print ad at Museo de la Marca

References

1. "¿Qué fue de París Londres, la tienda departamental que competía con Liverpool?". MVS Noticias (in Spanish). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
2. Celis, Fernanda (November 4, 2015). "A estos comercios se los comió el olvido nacional ("The nation's oblivion ate these stores")". El Financiero. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
3. "La Ciudad en el Tiempo: comercios del Centro Histórico. Parte II". El Universal. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
4. Mexico '93: With the Best Beach Resorts, Scenic Drives and Pre-Hispanic Ruins. Fodor's Travel Publications. 25 August 1992. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-679-02316-6. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
5. "Vips 16 De Septiembre · 16 de Septiembre 81, Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06060 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico". Google Maps. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
6. "Horacio 203, Polanco (Map)". Google Maps. Retrieved 22 December 2023.