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Casas Bahia, unlike many of its competitors, does not rely on an internet presence as a cornerstone of its strategy—only in February 2009 it launched its online store, pressed by an increasing number of online sales in Brazil. Rather, Casas Bahia makes the majority of its profit by charging interest on installment plan purchases, making it ...
Via Varejo holds a 21.9% stake in Cnova Brazil, [12] which owns and operates the following online stores: Extra.com.br, Casasbahia.com.br, Pontofrio.com. [18]As of July 2020, the company has 1073 stores in Brazil, distributed under the brands Casas Bahia with 857 stores and Ponto Frio with 216 stores.
Samuel Klein (15 November 1923 – 20 November 2014) was a Polish-Brazilian business magnate and philanthropist who founded the Casas Bahia chain of department stores in Brazil, building them into the top retailer in the country, and making him known in the 1990s as the "Sam Walton of Brazil". [1]
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Michael Klein (born 1951) is a Brazilian business executive. He is the CEO of the Brazilian chain of department stores, Casas Bahia, and former chairman of Via Varejo, the parent company of Casas Bahia, Cnova Brazil and Ponto Frio. [1] Michael's father, Samuel Klein, founded Casas Bahia in 1952. Since June 2019, the Klein family own a ...
Outside Brazil, cachaça is used almost exclusively as an ingredient in tropical drinks (cocktails with cachaça), with the caipirinha being the most famous cocktail. Caipirinha: Brazil's national cocktail made with cachaça (sugar cane hard liquor), sugar, lime, and pieces of ice. [12] Cachaça is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage.
The Convent and Church of Saint Antony (Portuguese: Convento e Igreja de Santo António) is a former Franciscan church and convent in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil. Construction on the church was likely completed in 1658. The church is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and constructed in the Baroque style with a Rococo frontispiece.
Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra is a fort located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It was constructed to guard the entrance to the Bay of All Saints , during the time of the Portuguese Empire . The first Portuguese fortification erected in Bahia was likely built in 1501 , in the same area now occupied by the Forte de Santo Antônio da Barra.