{"id":4486,"date":"2023-03-03T16:50:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T21:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/?p=4486"},"modified":"2024-07-18T15:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T20:33:15","slug":"cover-story-shop-more-save-more-at-the-new-coral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/03\/cover-story-shop-more-save-more-at-the-new-coral\/","title":{"rendered":"COVER STORY &#8211; Shop More, Save More at the New Coral"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4486\" class=\"elementor elementor-4486\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6724c84 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6724c84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e8f6a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e8f6a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e1880d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e1880d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><em>Cuenca Expats Magazine, Issue 41<\/em><\/p><p><em>Photos: Courtesy of Coral<\/em><\/p><p>When expats first arrive to Cuenca, they are amazed by the variety of shopping experiences. Nothing really like this experience in North America. The hustle and bustle of Fiera Libra, the artisan shops in San Francisco Plaza, the colorful street vendors selling everything from fresh fruit and vegetables to tennis shoes around Rotary Plaza to the many large mercados spread around the city.\u00a0 Many a fun day can be spent in adventure and exploration.<\/p><p>As this shopping novelty wears off, most of us begin looking for a place similar to what we had back home where we can find all we need in one modern location\u2014somewhere familiar for our day-to-day shopping.<\/p><p>Fortunately for us, Cuenca has this option as well: the new Coral at Batan Shopping.\u00a0 In one place, you can find everything you need. From a fully stocked (with over 500 US products) supermarket with fresh meat, vegetables and fruit, to home furnishings, clothes, hardware, paper goods, all things electrical (great prices on large TV\u2019s), and even their own line of bikes\u2014one-stop shopping. Think Target in the US.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-717ae6b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"717ae6b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80187ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80187ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5d670f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5d670f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DID YOU KNOW?<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21680a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21680a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-New-Coral-Logo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4769\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-New-Coral-Logo.png 591w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-New-Coral-Logo-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44a1665 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44a1665\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CARRIES OVER<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d57870 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d57870\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">500 PRODUCTS FROM 166 U.S BRANDS<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c12c4a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c12c4a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"278\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CORAL-PIC-ISSUE-41.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4490\" alt=\"CORAL PIC ISSUE 41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CORAL-PIC-ISSUE-41.png 278w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CORAL-PIC-ISSUE-41-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CORAL-PIC-ISSUE-41-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a3d35e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a3d35e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7540583 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7540583\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20230207_110728-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4499\" alt=\"CORAL PIC 2 ISSUE 41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20230207_110728-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20230207_110728-1-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20230207_110728-1-1024x362.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20230207_110728-1-768x271.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20230207_110728-1-1536x543.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20230207_110728-1-2048x724.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c002468 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c002468\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eda075 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0eda075\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ea5e0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ea5e0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There is a new generation of the Ortiz family in Coral\u2019s management. And, they are looking to make Coral the best one-stop shopping experience for Cuenca\u2019s expat community.<\/p><p>\u201cWe are working to offer a better shopping experience, making our stores a friendly space for expats who visit us,\u201d comments Juan Pablo Ortiz, president of retail, vice president of GO Corp and grandson of the founder.<\/p><p>\u201cWe are working on placing signage in both English and Spanish, adding English shelf talkers so expats can easily recognize where to find all the products in the store.<\/p><p>We are also optimizing the layouts to be able to offer expats a shopping map so they will be able\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b89430 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b89430\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d483f19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d483f19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>to find the aisle that contains the products they want. And, we are in the hiring process to have bilingual staff who can provide support to expats in a timely manner.\u201d<\/p><p>The new Coral Batan has over 8,000 different products on two floors.\u00a0 On the first floor you will find the entire supermarket, plus kitchen and hardware areas. On the first floor you will also find white lines (appliances) and furniture.<\/p><p>Upstairs you will find clothing, footwear (ladies, men, and children), furniture, household linen, decoration items, stationery, toys, music items, technology (computers and cell phones), hardware, sports equipment (bicycles, gym, etc.) and accessories for vehicles and motorcycle sales.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec55835 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ec55835\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f644d30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f644d30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-08-at-15.20.20.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4506\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-08-at-15.20.20.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-08-at-15.20.20-300x114.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-08-at-15.20.20-1024x390.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-08-at-15.20.20-768x292.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecb7809 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ecb7809\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4386268 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4386268\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0236e55 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0236e55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49eb11e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49eb11e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Coral offers daily discounts, as well as monthly and holiday specials.\u00a0They even have their own customer loyalty card offering you a 3% discount on your purchases.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">You don\u2019t need to wait until Black Friday to save big!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f45d4f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f45d4f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1c3cbd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d1c3cbd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c49c49e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c49c49e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bcba7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bcba7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Other benefits of the new Coral\u2019s location in Batan Shopping are the handy ATM\u2019s, banks, cooperatives, cinema, optics, the food court for snacking, clothing and footwear stores, pharmacy, and other specialty stores for hard-to-find items. Of course, the proximity to expats\u2019 residential areas, underground parking, and ease of getting a taxi are a big plus.<\/p><p>In addition to the location at Batan Shopping, there are six other Coral Hypermarket locations in Cuenca, a total of 18 nationally in Ecuador. Coral (named after Coral Avenue in Miami) was founded in 1973 with the first store in the historic center of the city on Calle Tarqui and Presidente C\u00f3rdova. It was a small store selling grocery<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-409476a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"409476a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b116e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b116e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>products.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Coral Hipermercados belong to GO Corp (Ortiz business group) which currently has more than 40 companies and a workforce of around 9,000 people nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07b83f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07b83f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CORAL-PIC-4-ISSUE-41-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4523\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CORAL-PIC-4-ISSUE-41-1.png 442w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/CORAL-PIC-4-ISSUE-41-1-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a7a9e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0a7a9e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad02cb7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad02cb7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6080038 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6080038\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4165246 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4165246\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CORAL - BATAN SHOPPING<img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc47\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/1f447.svg\"><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d53637a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d53637a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CORAL HIPERMERCADO EL BAT\u00c1N: Remigio Crespo Toral Avenue and Brasil Street, Cuenca, Azuay\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6cbe63 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6cbe63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c926e9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4c926e9\" 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