Factorizing a block column matrix with element-wise factors

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Is it possible to factor this matrix

$$\begin{bmatrix} x_{11} a_{11} & x_{11} a_{12} & x_{12} a_{11} & x_{12} a_{12} & \\ x_{21} a_{21} & x_{21} a_{22} & x_{22} a_{21} & x_{22} a_{22} & \\ \end{bmatrix}$$

as a function of

$$ A = \begin{bmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} \\ a_{21} & a_{22} \\ \end{bmatrix} $$

or $\begin{bmatrix} A &|& A\end{bmatrix}$, possibly without using the Kronecker product?

PS: This is just a simplified $2 \times 2$ version, the dimensions are actually arbitrary.

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I think this is not possible. But at least this is possible:

\begin{bmatrix} \mathrm{diag}(x_{11},x_{21})\cdot A & \mathrm{diag}(x_{12},x_{22})\cdot A \end{bmatrix}