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According to official company data, Elektra sells nearly 1 in 4 televisions, 1 in 5 refrigerators, and 7 out of 10 motorcycles in Mexico. [11] Elektra's products primarily target the C and D+ segments of the population, representing middle to lower-income groups, [3] [12] while the products offered by the Salinas & Rocha chain target the C+ and ...
Grupo Elektra is a Mexican financial and retail corporation founded in 1950 by Hugo Salinas Price.The company currently operates over seven thousand points of contact across Mexico, United States, [5] and Central America, [6] through two business divisions: commercial and financial. [7]
In 1957, Elektra retail stores incorporated credit programs. By 1968, Elektra had 12 stores in the region and by 1987, 59 stores. Elektra Group was listed on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, the Mexican Stock Exchange, in 1993. [4] In 1993, Grupo Elektra bought the Imevisión government television network and renamed it as TV Azteca.
USD/MXN exchange rate. Mexican peso crisis in 1994 was an unpegging and devaluation of the peso and happened the same year NAFTA was ratified. [2]The Mexican peso (symbol: $; currency code: MXN; also abbreviated Mex$ to distinguish it from other peso-denominated currencies; referred to as the peso, Mexican peso, or colloquially varo) is the official currency of Mexico.
Waldo's (officially Waldo's Dólar Mart de México S. de R.L. de C.V., Waldo's L.L.C.) is a privately held company operating three chains of retail stores. The namesake chain Waldo's consists of more than 800 discount stores across Mexico as of May 2023, with a merchandise selection similar to that of a dollar store in the United States ...
USD/MXN exchange rate Mexico inflation rate 1970-2022. The Mexican peso crisis was a currency crisis sparked by the Mexican government's sudden devaluation of the peso against the U.S. dollar in December 1994, which became one of the first international financial crises ignited by capital flight.
The primary currency used for trade around the world, between Europe, Asia and the Americas had historically been the Spanish-American silver dollar, which created a global silver standard system from the 16th to 19th centuries, due to abundant silver supplies in Spanish America. [3] The U.S. dollar itself was derived from this coin.
The Joachimsthaler of the Kingdom of Bohemia was the first thaler (dollar). Dollar is the name of more than 25 currencies.The United States dollar, named after the international currency known as the Spanish dollar, was established in 1792 and is the first so named that still survives.