[1] In 1988, the El Puerto de Liverpool group bought the chain.
[3][4] Fábricas de Francia was founded as a lingerie store in Guadalajara in 1878 by Disiderio Bonnafoux, José Chapuy and Léon Fortoul, immigrants from the Ubaye Valley and Barcelonnette in southeastern France.
The original store was at the northeast corner of San Francisco street (today, Avenida Juárez) and Del Carmen (today, Avenida 16 de Septiembre), a mansion (Spanish: palacio) of typical Spanish Colonial architecture.
[5] The Parisian style in architecture was less appreciated by 1948, and the once-impressive palacio was demolished in order to expand Juárez Avenue.
The store opened its doors again, now in a modern-style building, which was rebuilt again in the early 1980s after an extensive fire.