industry e commerce founded 2014 headquarters amsterdam netherlands and sao paulo brazil key people jean charles naouri ceo and chairman revenue 3.42 billion euros 2015 1 number of employees 5 500 2015 website cnovagroup.com en cnova n.v. is an e commerce company founded in june 2014 . cnova includes cdiscount operating in france belgium ivory coast senegal and colombia and cnova brazil operating in brazil . cnova n.v. is part of groupe casino a french global retail company of which mr. jean charles naouri is currently the chairman and ceo . since november 2015 peter paul estermann is the chairman of the board of cnova n.v. 2 in 2015 the total sales of cnova n.v. reached 4.835 billion euros and its total revenue reached 3.42 billion euros . 1 at the end of 2014 cnova counted 13.6 million active customers in the world . 3 contents 1 history 2 presentation 3 subsidiaries 3.1 cdiscount 3.2 cnova brazil 4 management 4.1 executive committee 5 references 6 external links history edit the first operations began in 1998 with the founding of the e commerce website cdiscount a single website focused on offering cds and dvds . 4 cdiscount then expanded its business to encompass product categories such as consumer electronics computers home appliances and wine . in 2008 the companies pontofrio.com and ehub were launched in brazil providing e commerce services to third party retailers . 5 the brazilian expansion continued in 2010 by adding the extra.com.br and casasbahia.com.br websites to the portfolio and the creation of business unit focused on business to business wholesale called pontofrio atacado . in 2011 cdiscount implemented its first marketplace and launched comptoirsante.com an e commerce website dedicated to beauty products . 6 during the year 2012 two new websites were launched in brazil . an online marketplace was also created on the extra.com.br website in brazil . 2014 cnova a global e commerce company with a total gross merchandise volume of 4.9 billion was created through a joint venture between casino gpa via varejo and exito . cnova will be directly owned 46.5 % by casino including its subsidiary exito and 53.5 % indirectly by gpa via varejo and certain founding shareholders of nova pontocom . 7 8 2014 saw the merger of both french and brazilian e commerce activities under the cnova umbrella as well as the cdiscount expansion in colombia ivory coast belgium and senegal . 9 presentation edit the current geographies represent over 500 million people with cnova sites in france brazil colombia ivory coast belgium and senegal and operations in brazil under the sites extra.com.br pontofrio.com and casasbahia.com.br . 10 it operates b2b solutions such as the ecommerce solution ehub and niche sites both in france and brazil with comptoirsante.com moncornerdeco.com or barateiro.com . cnova has established itself as an ecommerce market leader in france and brazil . through the direct sales websites and its marketplaces cnova offers an extensive product assortment including home appliances consumer electronics computers home furnishings leisure and personal goods and differentiated delivery and payment options . 11 12 13 subsidiaries edit cdiscount edit cdiscount is a french company created in 1999 . it has been part of casino group since 2000 . as the first e commerce website in france cdiscount offers a wide range of products including among others cultural goods high tech it household appliances personal appliances and food . 14 cdiscount also operates in brazil belgium ivory coast senegal and colombia . in 2015 cdiscount employed 1 400 people and had a turnover of 1.764 billion euros . 15 cnova brazil edit cnova brazil is specialized in e commerce activities throughout the country . its creation follows the merger of the online activities of casas bahia ponto frio and extra a hypermarket chain belonging to the brazilian group p o de a car the leading national retailer in brazil . cnova brazil structures its e commerce services through three main b2c websites extra.com.br casasbahia.com.br and pontofrio.com as well as b2b services through pontofrio atacado and its ehub platform . 16 cnova brazil is a major e commerce player in brazil with a turnover of 1.655 billion euros in 2015 . 17 management edit executive committee edit emmanuel grenier ceo and executive director of cnova st phane brunel chief financial officer of cnova and cdiscount 18 references edit a b cnova le chiffre d affaires de cdiscount en l g re progression lsa conso 3 march 2016 cnova board changes reuters 20 november 2015 cnova investors presentation cnova.com february 2015 cdiscount at the heart of b to b e commerce deliver 2 france 16 january 2013 company overview of pontofrio.com investing businessweek 13 october 2014 cdiscount lancera en juin une e boutique de lentilles de contact journal du net 16 may 2011 casino guichard perrachon sets up with via varejo global ecommerce joint venture cnova . reuters . 4 june 2014 . retrieved 22 june 2014 . casino group creation of a major global ecommerce cnova . globenewswire . 4 june 2014 . retrieved 22 june 2014 . casino group creation of a major global ecommerce cnova euroinvestor 4 june 2014 casino files to float e commerce unit cnova in new york wall street journal online 5 june 2014 alibaba ipo timing bodes well for casino s cnova listing cnbc 16 september 2014 casino lance cnova sa soci t mondiale de e commerce les echos 5 june 2014 company overview of cnova n.v. blommberg businessweek 13 october 2014 cdiscount premier e commer ant de france journal du net 11 june 2013 cdiscount groupe casino groupe casino.com cnova brazil a major e commerce player in brazil groupe casino cnova nv n.v. activit de l exercice 2015 zone bourse 12 january 2016 cnv profile . yahoo finance . external links edit official website cdiscount website nova pontocom website internet portal companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cnova & oldid 738870509 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