Mappin

Mappin was a traditional department store in Brazil, based in São Paulo, with the official name of Casa Anglo-Brasileira S/A.

The store at Praça Ramos de Azevedo, in the center of São Paulo, has become a benchmark of the brand.

"[2] According to the Mônica Bergamo's column on 3 June 2009, Ricardo Mansur, the last owner of the network, considered to reopen Mappin, including forwarding a request of bankruptcy to the judge and tried to raise money from international investors.

[3] However, on 12 November 2010 there was a judicial auction, and the Mappin brand, valued at R$12 million, was bought by the network Lojas Marabraz by less than half of the price.

The general director of Marabraz, Nasser Fares, aims to put the brand on active duty, at the latest in 2016.

Old building of Mappin in the Ramos de Azevedo Square , São Paulo, 2013
The traditional clock on the building of the first major store located at Praça Ramos de Azevedo.