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- Inverfal Peru S.A.A. is an investment holding company that operates as the primary retail and consumer financial services conglomerate for Chilean retail group Falabella S.A. in Peru. Founded in 2019 following a corporate reorganization and spin-off from Falabella Peru S.A.A., the company is headquartered in San Isidro, Lima, Peru, and manages a diversified portfolio of commercial retail, banking, insurance, and e-commerce subsidiaries across nationwide urban markets. The company provides a comprehensive ecosystem of consumer products and services organized into distinct operational lines: department store retailing under the Saga Falabella brand, offering apparel, footwear, beauty and personal care items, fashion accessories, consumer electronics, appliances, and home decor; supermarket and discount grocery retailing through the Tottus and Hiperbodega Precio Uno banners, providing fresh foods, dry groceries, beverages, household cleaning goods, and private-label consumer packaged goods; home improvement, construction, and hardware retailing under the Sodimac and Maestro brands, distributing building materials, tools, electrical and plumbing supplies, paint, flooring, fixtures, and home enhancement furnishings; consumer banking and financial services through Banco Falabella Peru S.A., providing proprietary CMR credit cards, personal loans, savings accounts, fixed-term deposits, and digital banking solutions; insurance brokerage and intermediation via Corredores de Seguros Falabella, offering automotive, life, health, unemployment, and card fraud protection policies; and digital marketplace, supply chain logistics, customer contact, and information technology support through the integrated Falabella.com platform and specialized shared-service units. In recent corporate developments, Inverfal Peru S.A.A. has implemented strategic capital reinforcement and operational optimization programs across its Peruvian operating network. In late 2024, parent company Falabella S.A. executed a PEN 580 million equity capital contribution into Inverfal Peru S.A.A. to de-lever the company's balance sheet, lower net finance costs, and improve debt-to-EBITDA ratios. Additionally, the company has driven operational turnarounds through logistics network consolidation, the physical and digital integration of store banners with the unified Falabella.com e-commerce marketplace, store footprint enhancements across discount grocery formats, digital loan origination at Banco Falabella, and executive leadership realignment under Chairman Enrique Ostale and General Manager Alex Zimmermann Franco.