Via Varejo S.A. (BOVESPA:VVAR3) stake may be sold. The potential sale of Via Varejo has advanced in the last few days and Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao (BOVESPA:PCAR4) (GPA) was informed as being interested in the acquisition. The three candidates to have had their cover blown are Falabella Perú S.A.A. (BVL:FALABEC1), Brazil's own Lojas Americanas S.A. (BOVESPA:LAME4), and Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. (JSE:SNH).

The latter has been in talks with GPA's controller, Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO), since October 2016 month or even earlier.