Galerías Preciados, S.A. was a Spanish chain of
department store
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store under one roof, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store mad ...
s founded in 1943 by José "Pepín" Fernández Rodríguez. Named after
the street on which it stood, Galerías Preciados was, along with
El Corte Inglés
El Corte Inglés S.A. is a Spanish department store chain founded in 1940 by Ramón Areces and César Rodríguez. It is the last such remaining in Spain and Portugal, and has been a member of the International Association of Department Stores s ...
, one of the economic motors of the retail industry in post-war Spain.
In 1995, the company went into receivership and was subsequently adjudicated to its main rival.
Stores
* Barcelona
* Cádiz
* Avenida Ronda de los Tejares, Córdoba
* Carrera de la Virgen, Granada
* Plaza de las Monjas, Huelva
* Calle Preciados, Madrid
* Gran Vía, Murcia
* Calle de Uria, Oviedo
* Paseo Independencia, Saragosse
* Calle San Pablo/Calle Méndez Núñez, Seville
* Plaza de la Magdalena/Calle O´Donnell, Seville
* Calle Constitución, Valladolid
See also
*
SEPU
References
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Retail companies established in 1943
Retail companies disestablished in 1995
Companies based in the Community of Madrid
Department stores of Spain
1943 establishments in Spain
1995 disestablishments in Spain
Defunct department stores