Lojas Renner S.A. announces to the market in general and other interested parties the opening of a new outlet in the southeastern region of Brazil. The first such opening in this second semester of the year, it is located in Belo Horizonte – MG, in the Minas Shopping Mall, with a total area of 4,042 square meters.
Lojas Renner's expansion plan for the second semester includes the opening of seven additional stores, three of which have already been announced (Balneário Camboriú – SC, Brasília – DF and São Paulo – SP), while the other four are new opportunities in Cascavel – PR, João Pessoa – PB, Salvador – BA and Caxias do Sul – RS.
These stores are scheduled to be opened in the fourth quarter of 2007, bringing the total number of outlets opened during the year to 14 and the total number of the Company's stores throughout Brazil to 95.