Living Store SpA is a Chilean furniture company based in Quinta Normal, Santiago, Chile. It manufactures and sells sofas and other upholstered furniture.[1] The company states that its operations began in 2012 and that it sells nationally through its website and a showroom in Quinta Normal.[1]

History

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Living Store was founded in Santiago in 2012 by Carlos Riquelme Figueroa, who was described in a 2019 interview as a partner and manager of the company.[2] The company began using e-commerce through its own website and later opened a showroom in 2014.[1] It also developed customised upholstered furniture for household and corporate clients.[1][2] A note published by Las Últimas Noticias and reproduced by Living Store in 2020 used the company as a source on sofa reupholstering.[3]

Products and sales

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The company's catalogue has included sofas, sectional sofas, modular sofas, sofa beds, armchairs, benches, poufs and commissioned projects.[1] Its products have also been listed by Chilean retailers Falabella and Sodimac.[4][5]

Prono Vigil mattress

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During the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile, Living Store became associated with Prono Vigil, an adapted mattress intended to help awake patients tolerate the prone position while receiving non-invasive oxygen support. The company's website states that it began making the mattress with health institutions in 2020–2021.[1] A 2020 municipal procurement record from Los Ángeles listed Living Store SpA as a supplier of Prono Vigil mattresses.[6] 24 Horas reported a campaign by staff at Sótero del Río Hospital to obtain 100 adapted mattresses for patients using the technique, and the University of the Andes, Chile reported a separate donation initiative in which more than 150 mattresses had been delivered to hospitals and clinics.[7][8]

Prone positioning has been studied as a treatment approach for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and for selected non-intubated patients with COVID-19. Trials, reviews and clinical guidance have described potential benefits in selected settings, including improved oxygenation and reduced treatment failure, while also noting limitations in the evidence and the need for clinical supervision.[9][10][11][12][13]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 [(https://www.livingstore.cl/sobre-nosotros/) "Sobre nosotros"]. Living Store (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2026. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  2. 1 2 [(https://www.livingstore.cl/sobre-nosotros/entrevista-con-carlos-riquelme-gerente-de-living-store/) "Entrevista con Carlos Riquelme, gerente de Living Store"]. Living Store (in Spanish). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2026. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  3. [(https://www.livingstore.cl/tips/nota-lun-retapizar-o-comprar-uno-nuevo/) "Nota LUN: ¿retapizar o comprar uno nuevo?"]. Living Store (in Spanish). 15 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2026. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  4. [(https://www.falabella.com/falabella-cl/category/cat3235/Sofas?f.product.brandName=living+store) "Sofás living store"]. Falabella Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2026. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  5. [(https://www.sodimac.cl/sodimac-cl/lista/cat1008/Muebles?f.product.brandName=living+store) "Muebles Living Store"]. Sodimac Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2026. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  6. [(https://transparencia.losangeles.cl/app.php/ALMACENAMIENTO/MUNICIPALIDAD/2020/13c/N13c-07-2020-DECRETO-1827-DE-FECHA-30.07.2020-CONT.-DIRECTA.pdf) Decreto N.º 1827, contratación directa para adquisición de colchones Prono Vigil] (Report) (in Spanish). Municipality of Los Ángeles. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2026. {{cite report}}: Check |url= value (help)
  7. [(https://www.24horas.cl/coronavirus/funcionarios-del-sotero-del-rio-inician-campana-para-reunir-100-colchones-adaptados-a-la-tecnica-prono-vigil-4281534) "Funcionarios del Sótero del Río inician campaña para reunir 100 colchones adaptados a la técnica "prono vigil""]. 24Horas.cl (in Spanish). Televisión Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 14 June 2026. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  8. Bizarri, Lucas (23 June 2020). [(https://www.uandes.cl/noticias/medico-uandes-crea-iniciativa-de-donacion-de-colchon-prono-vigil-para-pacientes-con-covid-19/) "Médico UANDES crea iniciativa de donación de colchón prono vigil para pacientes con COVID-19"]. Universidad de los Andes (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2026. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  9. Guérin, Claude; Reignier, Jean; Richard, Jean-Christophe; et al. (6 June 2013). "Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome". The New England Journal of Medicine. 368 (23): 2159–2168. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1214103. PMID 23688302.
  10. Bloomfield, Roxanna; Noble, David W.; Sudlow, Alexis (13 November 2015). "Prone position for acute respiratory failure in adults". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2015 (11): CD008095. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD008095.pub2. PMC 6464920. PMID 26561745.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  11. Ehrmann, Stephan; Li, Jie; Pavlov, Iain; et al. (December 2021). "Awake prone positioning for COVID-19 acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: a randomised, controlled, multinational, open-label meta-trial". The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 9 (12): 1387–1395. doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00356-8. PMC 8378833. PMID 34425070.
  12. Weatherald, Jason; Parhar, Ken Kuljit Singh; Al Duhailib, Zaid; et al. (7 December 2022). "Efficacy of awake prone positioning in patients with covid-19 related hypoxemic respiratory failure: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials". BMJ. 379: e071966. doi:10.1136/bmj-2022-071966. PMC 9727645. PMID 36740866.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  13. World Health Organization (June 2025). [(https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/B09467) "Clinical management of COVID-19: living guideline, June 2025"]. World Health Organization. Retrieved 14 June 2026. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)