{{Short description|Supermarket chain in Peru}} {{Infobox organization | name = Oechsle | logo = Oechsle nuevo logo 2019.png | image = | caption = | named_after = Fernando Augusto Oechsle | formation = {{dts|1888|07}} (original)<br>{{start date and age|2009|05|05}} | founding_location = [[Lima]] | defunct = {{end date and age|1993}} | type = [[Supermarket chain]] | headquarters = | region_served = [[Peru]] | owner = Tiendas Peruanas S.A. | key_people = | website = {{URL|https://www.oechsle.pe/}} | former_name = Casa Oechsle }} '''Oechsle''' ({{IPA|de|ˈøkslə|pron}}) is a [[Peru]]vian [[retail chain]] owned by '''Tiendas Peruanas S.A.''', a subsidiary of [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] ''[[Intercorp]]''. Originally established as '''Casa Oeschle''' during the 19th century by '''A.F. Oechsle''' and best known for its [[Art Nouveau]] building at the [[Plaza Mayor, Lima|Plaza Mayor]], designed by French architect [[Claude Sahut]]. It closed in 1993 due to the [[Lost Decade (Peru)|economic crisis]] and [[Internal conflict in Peru|internal conflict]] of the country, permanently reopening in 2009.
==History== [[File:Edificio Oeschle.jpg|thumb|left|Former Oechsle building façade.]] '''Casa Oechsle''' was the name under which the [[German Peruvians|German immigrant]] Fernando Augusto Oechsle opened a small store in July 1888,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Estuvo en quiebra por 15 años y ahora es una de las tiendas más importantes del Perú: la historia de Oechsle |url=https://larepublica.pe/datos-lr/respuestas/2023/07/23/oechsle-estuvo-en-quiebra-por-15-anos-y-ahora-es-una-de-las-tiendas-mas-importantes-del-peru-la-historia-de-exito-de-oechsle-evat-2192337 |last=Nomberto |first=Isabel |date=2023-09-26 |work=[[La República]]}}</ref> initially dedicated to the sale of [[Thread (yarn)|threads]], [[lace]] and [[button]]s imported from [[Europe]]. It replaced ''Harten y Cía.'' in 1896, founded by fellow German Juan Harten in 1888. The business expanded and gained a lot of prestige throughout the city as a result of an exclusive offer, made up of imported products, among which textiles, [[perfume]]s, decorative items and even [[toy]]s stood out. It was in 1917 that Oechsle opened its most emblematic location located between the [[Jirón Huallaga|Portal de Botoneros]] and the [[Pasaje Olaya|José Olaya Passage]] in the [[Plaza Mayor, Lima|Plaza Mayor]] of [[Lima]],<ref name=Orrego>{{Cite web |url=http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/juanluisorrego/2010/05/08/historia-de-las-tiendas-por-departamentos-en-lima-1/ |title=Historia de las tiendas por departamentos en Lima (1) |date=2010-05-08 |website=[[Blog PUCP]] |last=Orrego Penagos |first=Juan Luis}}</ref> designed by [[Claude Sahut]] and inaugurated on December 1, 1920.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://medium.com/@culturaparalima/la-casa-oechsle-ab40e70a9d22 |title=La Casa Oechsle |date=2017-03-20 |website=[[Medium.com]] |publisher=[[Ministry of Culture (Peru)|Cultura para Lima]]}}</ref> After Oechsle's death in 1945, the business was inherited by his son, Alex Oechsle Pruss.<ref name=Orrego/>
In the 1980s, Oechsle passed into the hands of [[Supermercados Monterey|Monterey]], the most important supermarket chain in the Peruvian market at that time. The acquisition was made as a result of the family bond between the Oechsles and the Tschudis, owners of Monterey. However, as a result of the [[Lost Decade (Peru)|economic crisis]] that Peru experienced in the second half of the eighties and early nineties, to which was added [[Internal Conflict in Peru|terrorist violence]], the chain had to declare bankruptcy and closed its doors in 1993. thus passing their establishments to new owners.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://limalaunica.blogspot.com/2010/04/la-casa-oechsle.html |title=La Casa Oechsle |date=2010-04-15 |website=Lima la Única |last=Pino |first=David}}</ref>
After several years, Intercorp bought the Oechsle brand and opened a chain of stores with that name as part of its diversification plan in the retail sector.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Oechsle: Volver al futuro |url=http://perueconomico.com/ediciones/20/articulos/147 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807051609/http://perueconomico.com/ediciones/20/articulos/147 |archive-date=2016-08-07 |work=Perú Económico |year=2008}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Supermercados Monterey]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{Lima landmarks}} [[Category:Retail companies established in 1988]] [[Category:Retail companies disestablished in 1993]] [[Category:Retail companies established in 2009]] [[Category:Supermarkets of Peru]] [[Category:Historic Centre of Lima]]