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Via Varejo is a Brazilian retail company founded in 2010 through the merger of retail companies Casas Bahia, owned by the Klein family, and Ponto Frio, owned by Grupo Pão de Açúcar. ==History== In December 2009, Grupo Pão de Açúcar purchased Casas Bahia and transferred its retail units to Globex Utilidades SA, Ponto Frio's parent company which was purchased by the group in June earlier that year.〔Marcelino, Francisco & Fontana, Camila (4 December 2009). ("Pao De Acucar Agrees to Buy Casas Bahia; Shares Jump" ). ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved 18 July 2013.〕 The company operates retail online through its subsidiary Nova Pontocom, an e-commerce company that was born in 2010 by the merger of the online operations of Casas Bahia, Ponto Frio, and Extra, a hypermarket chain owned by Grupo Pão de Açúcar. Nova Pontocom holds 18% of the market share in Brazilian online retail.〔("Taqtile Signs Leading Brazilian Retailer as Mobile Platform Customer" ). ''PR Newswire''. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.〕 In early 2012, Globex Utilidades officially changed its corporate name to Via Varejo.〔("Globex planeja adotar nome "Via Varejo"" ). ''Brasil Econômico''. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2013.〕 In May 2013, it was announced that the Klein family is planning to sell as much as R$ 2 billion (16%) worth of their stake in the company through an IPO.〔Brandimarte, Walter (13 May 2013). ("Big holder plans to sell nearly $1 billion of Via Varejo stake" ). ''Reuters''. Retrieved 18 July 2013.〕〔("Brazil's Klein family to sell up to 16 pct stake in Via Varejo" ). ''Reuters''. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.〕 53.7 million common shares of the family's stake began trading on December 16, 2013.〔("Brazil's Pao de Acucar, Klein family to sell Via Varejo shares" ). ''Reuters''. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.〕 Via Varejo raised R$ 2.845 billion through a public offering of shares. Three quarters of the amount raised went to the Klein family, while the rest went to GPA.〔("Ações da Via Varejo estreiam em alta na Bovespa" ). ''UOL'' (São Paulo). 16 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.〕 Ownership of the company has changed to GPA with 43.3%, the Klein family with 27.3%, and minority shareholders with 29.3%.〔("Corporate Governance" ). ''Via Varejo''. Retrieved 13 January 2014.〕 In October 2013, it was announced that Via Varejo will acquire the remaining 75% stake of Móveis Bartira, an exclusive provider of furniture for Casas Bahia and Ponto Frio, founded by Samuel Klein in 1962.〔("Via Varejo pode comprar Móveis Bartira" ). ''Meio & Mensagem''. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.〕〔Bezerra, Paula (17 October 2013). ("Via Varejo pode ficar com Móveis Bartira, dos Klein " ). ''Exame''. Retrieved 18 October 2013.〕 In June 2014, Cnova, a global e-commerce company with a total gross merchandise volume of $4.9 billion, was created through a joint venture between Casino, GPA, Via Varejo and Exito. Cnova will be directly owned 46.5% by Casino (including its subsidiary Exito) and 53.5% indirectly by GPA, Via Varejo and certain founding shareholders of Nova Pontocom.〔("Casino Guichard Perrachon sets up with Via Varejo global ecommerce joint venture Cnova" ). ''Reuters''. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.〕〔("Casino Group: Creation of a major global ecommerce - Cnova" ). ''GlobeNewswire''. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Via Varejo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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