Department store has its headquarters. As of 2016, there were 95 El Corte Inglés department stores. Other competitors such as Simago and Galerías Preciados closed in the 1990s. However, El Corte Inglés faces major competition from French discount operators such as Carrefour and Auchan. In Sri Lanka there are few department stores. Most are based on Colombo, the country's capital. Notable department stores are Odel, the Food City chain by Cargills (Ceylon) PLC and the Arpico chain operated by David Pieris & Co. The largest department store chain in Sweden is Åhléns, which operates stores throughout the country. Its flagship Stockholm store,
Bas Clas Avondale Estates, GA and at the Midcity Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, along with several other shows at music clubs in Louisiana. In January 2013 Bas Clas was inducted into the Acadiana Chapter of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. A new CD is scheduled for release in the fall of 2013. Bas Clas Bas Clas (pronounced ‘bahs clahs’) is a rock band formed in Lafayette, Louisiana in the late 1970s by brothers Donnie and Steve Picou. The name is derived from a Cajun term meaning "low class." The name is a tongue-in-cheek poke at prejudice, a reflection of the