What Imaginarium does

Imaginarium is a privately held Brazilian specialty retailer founded in 1989 (firmographics note states 1991) and headquartered in São Paulo, operating for over 35 years as a creative gifts and design-led home goods chain. The company sells an exclusive authorial design catalog spanning cushions, bags and backpacks, thermal bottles and mugs, photo frames and albums, stationery, apparel, lighting, mirrors, decorative items, and keychains, with products priced from R$ 2 to R$ 3,000. It supplements its owned IP with officially licensed collections — most notably a Harry Potter line produced under partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery — and with sub-brands such as Grow Jogos (board games and puzzles), Mind, Adoçadinhos (motivational merchandise), and Amarguinhos (ironic/humor merchandise).

The commercial model is omnichannel direct-to-consumer: an owned e-commerce storefront at loja.imaginarium.com.br built on the VTEX platform, a dedicated mobile app on iOS and Android, and a national network of franchised physical stores offering ship-from-store and in-store pickup. GTM motion is product-led, emphasizing exclusivity of design, licensed IP drops, and emotional gifting occasions (Valentine's, Christmas, birthdays, baby showers). Marketing is distributed via newsletter, Instagram, organic SEO, and a tiered discount stack (10% app exclusive, 10% first-purchase coupon FRIOZINHO10, 3% Pix discount, 5% PicPay discount, 15% cashback redeemable within 45 days, and interest-free installments up to 6x). Revenue is generated through one-time product sales (no subscription or licensing model disclosed), with payments processed via Pix, PicPay, and installment credit.

The company claims to be the largest creative gifts network in Brazil, has 101–250 employees, and serves primarily individual gift buyers with secondary segments in fandom collectors (Harry Potter), functional fashion seekers, and home decorators. No parent company, institutional investors, or external funding rounds are disclosed; the franchise and reseller programs ('Seja um Franqueado', 'Seja um Revendedor') constitute the principal channel partnerships alongside the VTEX technology and Warner Bros. Discovery licensing relationships.

Name

Imaginarium

Legal name

Imaginarium

Website

https://loja.imaginarium.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Imaginarium is a 35-year-old Brazilian specialty retailer selling exclusive authorial-design gifts, home accessories, and licensed Harry Potter merchandise via VTEX e-commerce, a mobile app, and a national franchise store network, serving individual gift buyers across Brazil.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative Gift Retail

NAICS

Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Retailers (45942), Hobby, Toy, and Game Retailers (45912), Office Supplies, Stationery, and Gift Retailers (4594), Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Retailers (449)

SIC

Retail-Hobby, Toy & Game Shops (5945), Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores (5600)

akta.pro primary industry

Pop Culture, Licensed & Fandom Gifts Retail (CRALAJAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Home Fragrance, Candles & Small Giftables Retail (CRALAJAN)

Keywords

• Creative gift retail
• Licensed merchandise retail
• Home decor accessories
• Brazilian gift shop
• Lifestyle products retail

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: One-time product sales of creative gift items including home decor, accessories, stationery, bags, drinkware, and licensed merchandise (Harry Potter). Products sold at various price points from R$ 2 to R$ 3,000.
2. Hardware Sales: Physical products including thermal bottles, bags, lighting, mirrors, and electronic items. Products sourced primarily from China with authorial design.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Imaginarium operates Brazil's largest creative gifts retail chain (35 years), selling exclusive authorial-design products across categories such as cushions, bags and backpacks, thermal bottles and mugs, photo frames, stationery, apparel, lighting, and home accessories. Distribution is omnichannel through owned e-commerce on VTEX, a mobile app, and a franchise physical store network across Brazil, with licensed collections including Harry Potter and proprietary sub-brands such as Grow Jogos, Adoçadinhos, and Amarguinhos.

Product overview

Imaginarium is Brazil's largest creative gifts retail chain (35 years), operating both physical stores and e-commerce through VTEX platform. The product portfolio centers on exclusive authorial design gifts across categories: Almofadas (decorative/functional cushions), Bolsas e Mochilas (bags/backpacks including laptop and thermal variants), Garrafas e Canecas (thermal bottles, travel cups, mugs), Iluminação (creative lamps including paper, acrylic, filament, and Harry Potter luminaries), Porta-Retratos (photo frames and albums including baby keepsake and LED frames), Papelaria (planners, agendas, notebooks, pens, cases), Vestuário (slippers with air pump mechanism, socks, t-shirts), Espelhos (LED jewelry armoires, holographic mirrors), Decoração (clocks, safes, candles, vinyl players, plush toys), and Necessaires. Sub-brands include Grow Jogos (board games/puzzles), Mind, and licensed Harry Potter collection. Seasonal collections like Flor em Si, Adoçadinhos (motivational mugs/socks), and Amarguinhos (ironic humor items) provide themed offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Grow Jogos: Board games and puzzles brand available in the store
• Mind

Products and services

• Imaginarium Core Brand

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• VTEXcoreTechnology or IntegrationE-commerce platform provider powering the online store at loja.imaginarium.com.br. VTEX provides the technical infrastructure for product catalog, shopping cart, checkout, and order management.
• FranchiseescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFranchise network operating physical retail stores under the Imaginarium brand. Franchise opportunity information available at franquia.imaginarium.com.br. 'Sea um Franqueado' (Be a Franchisee) program active.
• ResellersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorReseller program 'Sea um Revendedor' (Be a Reseller) available via Google Forms application at forms.gle/zunrceAUh4vdsMRe6.
• Warner Bros. DiscoverycoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerOfficial licensing partnership for Harry Potter merchandise. Products officially licensed, guaranteeing quality, authenticity, and fidelity to the saga details including house colors, symbols, and crests.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Renner: Brazil's largest apparel-lifestyle retailer with growing home and accessories adjacencies. Overlaps with Imaginarium on bags, accessories, and licensed lifestyle products in the Brazilian middle market.
• Magazine Luiza: One of Brazil's largest omni-channel retailers with significant home, decor, and gift exposure. Competes with Imaginarium on assortment breadth and Brazilian logistics scale rather than on niche creative-design positioning.
• Hallmark Cards: Long-established global leader in greeting cards, gifts, and licensed consumer products. Comparable multi-category gifting model and IP-licensing expertise, though primarily U.S.-anchored.

Direct peers

• Tok&Stok: Brazilian specialty retailer of creative home decor, furniture, and giftables with own-brand design emphasis. Overlaps directly with Imaginarium's decorative cushions, lighting, photo frames, and design-led gifting assortment in the Brazilian market.
• Typo: Cotton On Group's global stationery, gifting and design-led variety chain. Highly comparable assortment (bags, mugs, stationery, novelty gifts) and mid-market price ladder.
• Miniso: Global variety retailer specializing in affordable, design-led lifestyle, beauty, and gift items across categories like drinkware, bags, stationery, and home decor — directly mirroring Imaginarium's broad affordable-design assortment.
• Mobly: Brazilian online-first home and decor retailer with a curated assortment of small furniture, decor, lighting, and giftables. Closely comparable on creative-design product positioning and Brazil-centric DTC/omni-channel distribution.
• Cacau Show: Brazil's largest chocolate-gift franchise network with a heavily franchised store footprint, broad licensed merchandise, and similar omni-channel (e-commerce plus physical store) presence. Highly comparable operating model and Brazilian specialty-gift positioning to Imaginarium.
• Camicado: Brazilian home, decor, and gifting specialty chain. Comparable assortment in home fragrance, kitchen/drinkware, stationery, and gift occasions, with similar Brazilian mid-market positioning and omnichannel strategy.
• Madeira Madeira: Large Brazilian online home and furniture retailer carrying decor, lighting, and gift categories; competes for the same design-oriented Brazilian consumers, similar VTEX-driven scale ambitions and broad SKU depth.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/imaginarium
• Xx.com/sigaimaginarium
• Facebookfacebook.com/sigaimaginarium
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sigaimaginarium

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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