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The first store with the Dymocks brand opened at the Star Ferry concourse in Central in 1999. Three Dymocks stores closed in 2012 in Hong Kong when their rental contracts expired. [13] It was announced in January 2015 that Dymocks would close its flagship IFC Mall store on 25 January, and that it would subsequently close its Hong Kong office ...
This is a list of supermarket chains in Portugal. Aldi - 137 stores [1] Amanhecer - ~330 stores; Apolonia Supermercados - 3 stores; Auchan (formerly known as Jumbo) - 111 stores [2] Continente - 369 stores [3] Coviran - 179 stores in Portugal [4] Dia - 487 stores [5] E.Leclerc - 21 store [6] El Corte Inglés - 2 Stores; Froiz; The Good Food ...
Portugal was one of the slowest growing markets in the DIA portfolio, with an increase in sales of only 0.5% in 2022 to 596 million euros. [6] In 2022, DIA closed 25 stores in Portugal, about 7% of the footprint. [7] Dia reached an agreement with Auchan Portugal to acquire its Minipreço and MaisPerto brands plus three warehouses for €155 ...
It operates more than 5,700 stores in Portugal, Poland, and Colombia. [1] The group is the majority owner of Jerónimo Martins Retail (JMR), which operates the Pingo Doce super-and hypermarket chain in Portugal. JMR has been run as a 51%-49% joint venture with the Dutch firm Ahold Delhaize since 1982. [2]
Pingo Doce (Sweet Drop in English) is one of the largest supermarket operators in Portugal, with 482 stores as of 2023 (just behind Continente which is the largest food retailer in the country [1]). [2] It belongs to the Portuguese company Jerónimo Martins and the Dutch-based Ahold Delhaize.
Its George Street location was "200 ft (61 m) by 30 ft (9 m)" in size [3] and it was described in advertisements as "the largest Book Shop in the world" offering "upwards of one million books". [ 3 ] Dymock sold books both to the general public as well to sophisticated book collectors such as David Scott Mitchell [ 7 ] and Alfred Lee. [ 3 ]
Although Portugal has a long history of diplomatic activity, dating back to the "Condado Portucalense" (County of Portugal), the first Secretariat of State dedicated to State Affairs was created by a decree issued by D. João IV, after the Portuguese Restoration, on 29 November 1643. This Secretariat of State was in charge of all affairs ...
Portugal Day, officially Portugal Day, Camões, and the Portuguese Communities (Portuguese: Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas), is the national day of Portugal celebrated annually on 10 June. It is one of the public holidays in Portugal and celebrated by Portuguese people throughout the world.