El Corte Inglés

El Corte Inglés, S.A.
Company typeSociedad Anónima
IndustryRetail
GenreDepartment stores
Founded28 June 1940 (1940-06-28) in Madrid, Spain
Founders
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Number of locations
83 (2023)
Areas served
Key people
  • Victor del Pozo (chairman)
  • Marta Álvarez Guil (president)
Products
  • Clothing
  • footwear
  • accessories
  • bedding
  • furniture
  • jewelry
  • beauty products
  • housewares
Revenue €15.783 billion (2018)
€258 million (2018)
Number of employees
90,004 (2018)
Subsidiaries
  • Hipercor
  • Bricor
  • Supercor
  • Opencor
  • Viajes El Corte Inglés
  • Informática El Corte Inglés
Websiteelcorteingles.es
Footnotes / references

El Corte Inglés S.A. is a Spanish department store chain founded in 1940 by Ramón Areces and César Rodríguez. It is the last such remaining in Spain and Portugal, and has been a member of the International Association of Department Stores since 1998. It is the largest department store group in Europe, and the third-largest in the world.