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Lojas Riachuelo

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Lojas Riachuelo S.A.
Company typePrivate
IndustryDepartment store
Founded1947
Headquarters,
Key people
Flávio Rocha (Chairman and CEO)
RevenueIncrease US$ 1.3 billion (2012)
Number of employees
40,000
ParentGrupo Guararapes
Websiteriachuelo.com.br

Lojas Riachuelo (English: Riachuelo Stores) is a Brazilian department store company founded in 1947 in the city of Natal, Brazil. Currently, the company has 230 stores in 26 States of Brazil and also in the Federal District.

Riachuelo store in a shopping mall in Brasília.

The company its headquartered in Natal, a central office in São Paulo and has 2 distribution centers, in Natal and Guarulhos (São Paulo).

In 1979, the company was purchased by the Grupo Guararapes, the largest textile group in Latin America which also controls the Natal shopping center Midway Mall and the financial company Midway Financeira.

The Riacuelo's major competitors are Marisa, Lojas Renner, Cia. Hering and C&A