Lojas Riachuelo
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| Private | |
| Industry | Department store |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Headquarters | Natal, Brazil |
Key people | Flávio Rocha (Chairman and CEO) |
| Revenue |
 US$ 1.3 billion (2012) |
Number of employees | 40,000 |
| Parent | Grupo Guararapes |
| Website | riachuelo.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 258 stores countrywide.
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 Riachuelo's major competitors are Marisa, Lojas Renner, Cia. Hering and C&A
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