Grupo Sanborns

Grupo Sanborns S.A. de C.V. is a retailing arm of the Carlos Slim-run Grupo Carso that includes the namesake Sanborns restaurant and junior department store chain, Mixup music stores, iShop Apple/electronics stores, Sears department stores in Mexico, and until October 2023, Mexico's sole Saks Fifth Avenue store.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Grupo Sanborns S.A. de C.V.

Company type	Private
Founded	1903; 122 years ago (1903)
Headquarters	Mexico City, Mexico
Key people	Carlos Slim Domit (CEO)
Products	Cafeteria, Restaurant, Retail, Pharmacy, Department Store
Number of employees	18,000+
Parent	Grupo Carso
Subsidiaries	DAX eduMac Grupo Sanborns Mixup iShop-Mixup Pam-Pam Sanborns Café Sears Roebuck México
Website	www.sanborns.com.mx

Inside Sanborns restaurant and department store, in the Casa de los Azulejos, Historic center of Mexico City

The freestanding Sears Mexico store on Avenida Juárez in the Historic center of Mexico City

Mixup music store

DAX Plaza Río Tijuana, 2023

SFA Polanco (opened 2010, closed 2020) at Plaza Carso Mexico City 2015

As of 2021, the group sales were 53 billion Mexican pesos, equivalent to around US$2.6 billion. It operated in 62 metropolitan areas and towns across the country, with formats including:

• 197 Sanborns restaurant-and-retail stores and Sanborns Cafés (stand-alone restaurants)
• 141 Mixup (music/video) and iShop (official Apple reseller) stores (usually located next to each other)
• 97 Sears full-line, mid-range department stores

It is headed up by Patricio Slim Domit, son of Carlos Slim.^[6]

Divisions

As of end of 2020, there are the following divisions:^[7]

• Sears
• Sanborns, see below
• iShopMixup
• Other formats, see below

Sanborns division

The Sanborns division as of December 2020 included:^[7]

• Sanborns junior department stores-and-restaurants
• Sanborns Home&Fashion stores
• Sanborns Café restaurants
• DAX cosmetics and variety stores
• Two Saks Fifth Avenue stores in Mexico City (both since closed, see Timeline of Saks Fifth Avenue branches

"Other formats" division

• Two shopping malls, Plaza Loreto and Plaza Inbursa
• One Sears store in El Salvador
• ClaroShop e-commerce portal

Formerly included

• Three Boutiques
• Three Sanborns stores in Central America (now closed)

Sanborns

Main article: Sanborns

iShop

Main article: iShop

A chain of consumer electronics stores focusing on Apple computers, smartphones and accessories. Certified Apple Premium reseller.^[8]

Mixup

Main article: Mixup

A chain of music stores across Mexico, often as joint Mixup/iShop stores.

Sears Mexico

Main article: Sears Mexico

DAX

Main article: DAX (store)

Defunct group businesses

Saks Fifth Avenue

From 2007 until 2023, the group operated the only Saks Fifth Avenue stores in Mexico, both in Mexico City, one at Plaza Carso mall in Nuevo Polanco from 2010 to 2020, the other at Centro Santa Fe from 2007 to 2023.^[1] Deciding not to renew its Saks franchise, the group will convert it to a Sears.^[9]