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Pão de Açúcar (supermarket)

Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição
Sociedade Anônima
Traded as BM&F BovespaPCAR3, PCAR4
CBD
Industry Retail
Founded 1948
Headquarters São Paulo, Brazil
Number of locations
2,089
Area served
Brazil
Key people
Jean-Charles Naouri, (President)
Ronaldo Iabrudi (CEO)
Revenue IncreaseR$ 41.454 billion (2016)
Profit Decrease R$ (1.077) billion (2016)
Number of employees
91,000 (2016)
Parent Grupo Éxito
Subsidiaries Via Varejo
Website www.gpabr.com

Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição trading as CBD (formerly known as Grupo Pão de Açúcar) is the biggest Brazilian company engaged in business retailing of food, general merchandise, electronic goods, home appliances and other products from its supermarkets, hypermarkets and home appliance stores. Its headquarters are in São Paulo city.

The company is the second biggest retail company in Latin America by revenue and the second largest online retailer in Brazil. The company operates its e-commerce through Cnova Brasil , a subsidiary of its subsidiary Viavarejo.

For 2013, the company planned to open more than 150 stores, targeting northeast and mid-west regions.

In September 2013, Abílio Diniz, the son of the company's founder, has stepped down as chairman of the company.

GPA operates through different store concepts (and different banner logos):

Currently, GPA is owned by:


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