Monix, Chile's 85-year-old perfumery chain, collapsed after family infighting
Chilean perfumery chain Monix (est. 1938) peaked at 13 stores, but family feuds, the 2019 crisis and the pandemic drove it into voluntary liquidation in 2023.
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