La Polar is the fourth largest retail company in Chile, behind Falabella, Paris S.A and Ripley S.A.

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Empresas La Polar S.A.

Company type	Sociedad Anónima
Traded as	BCS:LA POLAR
Industry	Department store
Founded	1920
Headquarters	Santiago, Chile
Key people	Jorge Andres Ibañez, (Chairman)
Products	Clothing, Accessories, Electronics, Furniture
Revenue	US$ 795.9 million (2012)
Net income	US$ 390.8 million (2012)
Number of employees	6,000
Website	www.lapolar.cl

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The company has 43 stores, being 38 in Chile and 5 in Colombia and offers various products, such as clothing, accessories, sporting goods, beauty products, gifts, infant products, electronics, furniture, furnishings, and household products. It also provides a range of services comprising the credit cards, general and life insurance, and extended warranty durable products.

On 17 June 2011 Chile's Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros (securities regulator) indefinitely suspended trading in Empresas La Polar SA pending an investigation after La Polar announced it would have to provision an additional $430 million due to irregularities in its store-credit department.^[1]