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
where it opened under the name Bazar Carrión. It opened in
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
in 2000, in
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
in 2003, in
Nicaragua in 2004, and in
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
in 2005.
In 2012 the company invested US$5 million in a new store in Tegucigalpa.
Despite closing its 6,000 m
2 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.][ The company later pulled out of the Costa Rica market,]
Key people
The owner as of 2015 was Vicente Carrión.[
]
Geographic presence
Originated Honduras, and opened in Costa Rica (2000), El Salvador (2003, 2 stores closed 2019), Nicaragua (2004) and Guatemala (2005)
Costa Rica
* Alajuela (as of 2015)[
*San José Multiplaza - closed
]
Guatemala
Source
Facebook page for Carrión Guatemala
* Quetzaltenango
* Zacapa
* Guatemala City
* Coatepeque
* Escuintla
* Puerto Barrios
Honduras
In Honduras there are stores in:
* Tegucigalpa, Multiplaza
Multiplaza is a chain of shopping malls, owned by Grupo Roble of El Salvador (the real estate subsidiary of Grupo Poma), in Central America.
Background
The first Multiplaza mall opened in Tegucigalpa, Honduras in 1990 as part of the expansion pla ...
*San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 671,460 ...
* La Ceiba
* Villanueva
* Puerto Cortes
*Siguatepeque
Siguatepeque () is a city and municipality in the Honduran department of Comayagua. The city has a population of 73,480 (2020 calculation).
History
Founded by the Spanish in 1689 as a religious centre for retreats and monastic training, the p ...
*Comayagua
Comayagua () is a city, municipality and old capital of Honduras, located northwest of Tegucigalpa on the highway to San Pedro Sula and above sea level.
The accelerated growth experienced by the city of Comayagua led the municipal authoriti ...
* Choluteca
* Danli
*Catacamas
Catacamas is a city, with a population of 59,990 (2020 calculation), and a municipality in the Olancho Department of Honduras.
It is the largest municipality in Central America in terms of area.
Overview
Catacamas, called the ''Florida City ...
*Juticalpa
Juticalpa () is the capital of Olancho Department in Honduras, with a population of 69,850 (2020 calculation), and the municipal seat of Juticalpa Municipality. Situated in a broad river valley alongside the Rio Juticalpa, the town is a commerci ...
* Tocoa
* Roatan
Nicaragua
* Managua, Plaza Inter
Plaza Inter is a shopping center in Managua, Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the so ...
(closed 2019)
References
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Department stores of Central America
Retail companies of Honduras
Department stores of El Salvador
Retail companies of Costa Rica
Retail companies of Guatemala
Retail companies of Nicaragua