Lojas Renner
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Lojas Renner (Portuguese
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 for Renner Stores) is the second largest Brazil
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ian department stores clothing, headquartered in Porto Alegre
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 - Rio Grande do Sul
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, Brazil
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. It was the first Brazilian corporation
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 with 100% of shares traded on Stock Exchange
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 and listed on the Novo Mercado
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, highest among the different levels of corporate governance in São Paulo Stock Exchange (BM&F Bovespa). The major Lojas Renner's competitors are Marisa
Marisa S.A.
Marisa is a major Brazilian department store company focused on clothing and accessories. Currently the company is the largest chain store specializing in women's fashion and women's underwear and one of the largest chains of department stores for women's clothing, men and children in Brazil.The...

, Riachuelo
Lojas Riachuelo
Lojas Riachuelo is a Brazilian company's retail segment founded in 1947 in the city of Natal, Brazil. Currently, the company has about 130 stores in 20 States of Brazil and also in the Federal District....

, C&A
C&A
C&A is an international chain of fashion retail clothing stores, with its European head offices in Vilvoorde , Belgium and Düsseldorf, Germany...

 and Hering
Hering
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.

History

It was founded in 1912 by Anthony Jacob Renner, with the name of A. J. Renner. The company sold layers of pure wool and layers men's clothing, resistant to cold, the wind and rain, which became an essential piece for both the cowboy and the Campaign for the man in the city.

The first point of sale of Lojas Renner was inaugurated in 1922. From the 40's, with a broader marketing of products, it became a department store. The Renner SA was born in 1965. Two years later, came the release of shares. In 1991, Lojas Renner became a department store specializing in fashion.

On December 22, 1998, was bought by the multinational company of department stores in the U.S. JC Penney, then owner of 97.7% of the shares.

In June 2005, with the departure of JC Penney, Renner's shares were sold in powdered form in BM&F Bovespa, becoming the first Brazilian corporation.

Stores

Today, Lojas Renner is the second largest Brazilian retail chain of clothing departments and has 171 stores, being 28 stores of Camicado Howseware, installed in shopping malls and in points in central cities in the South, Southeast, Midwest, North and Northeast the country.
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