There are 16 new brands that will be in the center of the sun with an extension that has been under construction for months and whose first stage is nearing completion. From the outside you can see the new structure built on the main avenue, and the inside announces the arrival of Bath & Body Works, Victoria’s Secret, GAP, American Eagle.
These international brands started opening stores in the country just over a year ago and have since expanded.
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Bath & Body Works arrived in Ecuador in November 2021 with its first store in Guayaquil, in the San Marino shopping center. And recently – last January – it was opened in the capital, in Quicentro Shopping.
Victoria’s Secret also launched in San Marino in December 2021, and in November 2022, in collaboration with Attenza Duty Free, it opened its doors in the international departures area of Quito Airport. The opening in Quicentro Shopping is expected in the second quarter of 2023.
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American Eagle arrived in Quito in 2022, where it has two stores (Mall El Jardín and Riocentro Quito), and this would be its second store in Guayaquil, since it is already present in Riocentro Los Ceibos.
GAP belongs to the same Old Navy group that arrived in the country last October in the hands of AR Holdings, and then its general manager, Antonio Burgos, commented that in 2023 they will open more Old Navy and others from the Gap Inc. group. .. Ecuador, we will easily have between ten and twenty stores in three or four years, and we will continue one by one”. For each trade, the estimated investment is more than one million dollars.
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Due to the works in Mall del Sol, some shops are temporarily closed or have moved. The expansion is planned in two phases, which will be completed in March and November 2023.
US$14.6 million will be invested in this expansion project, and upon completion, it is estimated that approximately 1,500 jobs will be created in the new premises, which will be in addition to the more than 3,000 workers currently working in this shopping center.
Source: Eluniverso
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