Cencosud

Centros Comerciales Sudamericanos S.A.
Company typePublic
BCS: CENCOSUD
IndustryRetail
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)
HeadquartersSantiago, Chile
Areas served
Key people
Horst Paulmann Kemna
ProductsHypermarkets
Supermarkets
Shopping malls
Department stores
RevenueIncrease US$ 19.0 billion (2012) [1]
Decrease US$ 562.6 million (2012)
Number of employees
126,530
Websitewww.cencosud.com

Cencosud S.A. is a publicly traded multinational retail company. It's the largest retail company in Chile and the third largest listed retail company in Latin America, competing with the Brazilian Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição and the Mexican Walmart de México y Centroamérica as one of the largest retail companies in the region. The company has more than 1045 stores in Latin America.