Grupo Sanborns



Grupo Sanborns 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.

As of 2021 the group sales were 53 billion Mexican pesos, equivalent to around US$2.6 billion and 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.

Divisions
As of end of 2020 there are the following divisions:
 * Sears
 * Sanborns, see below
 * iShopMixup
 * Other formats, see below

Sanborns division
The Sanborns division as of December 2020 included:
 * Sanborns junior department stores-and-restaurants
 * Sanborns Home&Fashion stores
 * Sanborns Café restaurants
 * DAX cosmetics and variety stores
 * 2 Saks Fifth Avenue stores in Mexico City (both since closed, see Timeline of Saks Fifth Avenue branches

"Other formats" division
Formerly included
 * Two shopping malls, Plaza Loreto and Plaza Inbursa
 * One Sears store in El Salvador
 * ClaroShop e-commerce portal
 * 3 Boutiques
 * three Sanborns stores in Central America (now closed)

iShop
A chain of consumer electronics stores focusing on Apple computers, smartphones and accessories. Certified Apple Premium reseller.

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

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. Deciding not to renew its Saks franchise, the group is to convert it to a Sears.