El Corte Inglés

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El Corte Inglés, Spain's biggest chain of department stores, was founded in 1940 by Ramón Areces, who had a Madrid tailor shop on Madrid's Calle Preciados. On Areces' death Isidoro Álvarez was named his successor, and shortly became one of the most powerful men in Spain. In 1995 El Corte Inglés bought out its only serious competitor, Galerias Preciados. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A department store organizes its goods by departments, such as womens clothes, home furnishings, electronics, and the like. ... Coat of arms The Plaza de España square Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. ... Death is either the cessation of life in a living organism or the state of the organism after that event. ...

Offshoots of the El Corte Inglés empire include Viajes El Corte Inglés (a travel agency), Hipercor (a chain of hypermarkets), Opencor (upmarket convenience stores) Supercor (supermarkets) and Sfera (a Zara- style clothes, accessories and beauty product chain). In 2001 a store was opened in Lisbon, Portugal. For alternative meanings, see Empire (disambiguation) An empire (also known technically, abstractly or disparagingly as an imperium, and with powers known among Romans as imperium) comprises a set of regions locally ruled by governors, viceroys or client kings in the name of an emperor. ... A travel agency is a store where individuals or families go to buy travel packages. ... Hipercor is a chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets in Spain, belonging to the same group as El Corte Inglés Categories: Stub ... In commerce, a hypermarket (from the French hypermarché) is a store which combines a supermarket and a department store. ... A convenience store is a small store or shop, generally accessible or local. ... Supermarket produce section A supermarket is a store that sells a wide variety of goods including food and alcohol, medicine, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. ... Zara is the third-largest clothing shop chain in the world. ... Lisbon (in Portuguese, Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal. ...

One of the reasons of the success of El Corte Inglés is its money-back guarantee policy: unsatisfied customers can usually return their faulty goods or unwanted presents for a cash refund.