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Dorian's was a department store chain based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
 Dorian's store at Plaza Rio Tijuana before it became a Sears branch in 2009 | |
| Industry | Retail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1959 in Tijuana |
| Defunct | 2009 |
| Successor | Sears (Mexico) |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 14 (2009) |
Areas served | mainly Baja California, later across Northern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula |
Dorian's was established in Downtown Tijuana in 1959.[1]
On November 9, 1977, a fire ripped through the block where Dorian's was located, however after only 17 working days the store was back open, with half the square footage housed in tent-like structures built in a nearby parking lot.[2]
Carlos Slim's Grupo Carso bought Dorian's Tijuana, S.A. de C.V. in 2004 and operated it as a subsidiary of Inmuebles Borgru, S.A. de C.V. which in turn was a subsidiary of Inmuebles Carso, S.A.B. de C.V.[3] In that same year, Dorian's expanded to Cancun, Chihuahua, Leon, Merida, and Monterrey after purchasing five JCPenney stores, which operated in Mexico since 1995.
A store opened in the new Las Misiones mall in Ciudad Juárez in 2004[4] and closed shortly thereafter (now Liverpool).
In 2009, Dorian's had 14 stores in[5]
Starting in April 2009, the 14 Dorian’s department stores were integrated into Sears México and operated under the name Sears.[3] However, the Downtown Tijuana store was closed in May 2009[6] and is now the Plaza de la Tecnología, a market hall of retail technology vendors.
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