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Domino’s plans to open 35 stores in 2022

After negotiations last year with BK Brasil — which operates the Burger King and Popeyes chains in the country — fell apart, the Domino’s pizzeria chain is looking inward to accelerate expansion this year. The company plans to open 35 stores this year, with growth especially in the Northeast region and with the attraction of […]

Flow of foreign capital to Brazil will continue, Goldman says

The flow of foreign capital to Brazil will be sustained in the medium term and there will be a new phase of investments towards fixed income assets, said Ricardo Mora, a partner and co-head of Latin America at Goldman Sachs. The American executive of Mexican descent spoke to Valor while in Brazil, his first interview […]

Suzano targets new markets of $115bn

Suzano, the largest producer of eucalyptus pulp in the world, plans to enter new markets of $115 billion a year that are likely to grow in tandem with the decarbonization agenda. The company says its transformation project toward the bioeconomy remains firm and cited four fronts: textile, carbon, bio-oil and microfibrillated cellulose. “We will continue […]

Investment plan to bolster Renault in Brazil

Renault’s factory in São José dos Pinhais (state of Paraná) stopped 41 days throughout 2021 because of semiconductors shortage. For the same reason, between Monday and Friday the unit’s line work will be interrupted again. To the impossibility of working at full speed, which has become routine in the automotive industry, is added, currently, a […]

War creates chance for Brazil to integrate into global chains

The weakening of globalization intensified by the war in Ukraine opens a good chance for Brazil to reduce its economic isolation and connect to global production chains for goods and services. But the opportunity will be lost without opening the economy and comprehensive economic reforms that make Brazil more attractive to international companies. The thesis […]

Industry offers retailers more money to boost sales

The current scenario of fiercer competition between brands, following the drop in consumer disposable income, has made the industry spend more to try to improve its sales. Amounts paid by companies to retail chains, or negotiations involving discounts on invoices, lost strength in the first year of the pandemic, but accelerated again at levels above […]

Oxiteno sold to Thai group for $1.48bn

The sale of the chemical industry Oxiteno — which belonged to Ultra group — to Indorama — leader in the Brazilian PET resin market — was concluded on Friday for $1.48 billion. This way, Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) reached the top of the ranking among the ethylene oxide and surfactants producers in the […]

Port privatization gains steam, but time is short

The successful auction of the Companhia Docas do Espírito Santo (Codesa) may boost the other port privatization projects underway. However, market players are skeptical about the feasibility of getting them off the ground by 2022, especially the privatization of the Port of Santos — a much more complex project from a technical and political point […]

Central Bank increases fourfold renminbi share in FX reserves

Faced with rising inflationary pressure and monetary tightening in major economies, the Brazilian Central Bank increased the renminbi share in its foreign exchange reserves to 4.99% in 2021, the highest since the Chinese currency became part of the basket in 2019. The share is four times higher than the previous year’s allocation, of 1.21%. The […]

Investors who hold on to risky assets are rewarded

The Brazil of interest rates at double-digit levels produced a first quarter of good results for investors. It was good for those who stayed with the safety of fixed income and even better for those who were encouraged to shoulder the stock market risk and bet on more volatile classes, such as multimarket and stock […]