Lojas Riachuelo (

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: ''Riachuelo Stores'') is a Brazilian department store company founded in 1947 in the city of

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. Currently, the company operates 302 stores. The company its headquartered in

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, and have a central office in

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and has 3 distribution centers, in Natal and

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(São Paulo). In 1979, the company was purchased by the Grupo Guararapes, the largest textile group in

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which also controls the Natal

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and the financial company

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. The Riachuelo's major competitors are Marisa,

Lojas Renner Lojas Renner (Portuguese for Renner Stores) is the largest Brazilian department stores clothing company, headquartered in Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was the first Brazilian corporation with 100% of shares traded on Stock Exch ...

Cia. Hering Companhia Hering (Cia Hering) is a Brazilian textile and retail clothing company, being the leading clothing textile company in Latin America. The company has 805 stores. The company is one of the oldest Brazilian companies still in activity, fou ...

and C&A The company owns and operates an

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aircraft (as of August 2016).

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* Department stores of Brazil {{Brazil-company-stub