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Falabella S.A. is a Chilean multinational company.It is the largest retail company in Chile followed by Cencosud and one of the largest in Latin America. It operates its flagship Falabella department stores in addition to Mall Plaza shopping centers, Tottus hyper & supermarkets, Banco Falabella banks, and Sodimac home improvement centers.
On May 17, 2007, Falabella agreed to merge with D & S to form the largest retail company in Chile, but a ruling of the Court of Defense of Free Competition on January 31, 2008, rejected the operation, giving as fundamental arguments that the merger would produce a huge change in the market structure, creating a company that would be the ...
The company's mottos are "Hay vida en tu plaza" - "There's life in your plaza", [3] "Más vida a tu vida" - "More life to your life", and "Dale vida a tu plaza" - "Give life to your plaza. Falabella plans on opening 40 new locations within 2011 including expansion in Peru and into Colombia and Argentina.
It is owned and operated by Falabella. [1] There are 40 locations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay and Mexico. [1]The company plans doubling its presence in America by 2010. [1]
Banco Falabella is a Chilean bank. Founded in 1998, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is headquartered in Las Condes , Chile. [ 2 ] It is a subsidiary of S.A.C.I. Falabella and has branches in Chile, Peru , and Colombia .
The Catholic Church's official name for this day is Solemnidad de la Virgen del Carmen, Reina y Patrona de Chile, but the law that created this holiday (20,148) does not use it. [2] August: 15 (Friday) Assumption of Mary: Asunción de la Virgen: 20 (Wednesday) Nativity of Liberator Bernardo O'Higgins: Nacimiento del Prócer de la Independencia
The Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes or MNBA), located in Santiago, Chile, is one of the major centers for Chilean art and for broader South American art. Established in 1880 (making it the oldest in South America), the organization is managed by the Artistic Union ( Unión Artística ).
The national emblems of Chile are the national flag, the coat of arms of the Republic and the national anthem. Pursuant to article 6 of the State Security Act of Chile (Decreto No. 890 de 1975), it is a felony against the public order to publicly mistreat the flag, the coat of arms, the name of the motherland or the national anthem.