Creation of Americanas.com and Submarino
April - Submarino goes public (IPO)
September - Shoptime Acquisition**
October - Ingresso.com Aquisition
March - Creation of Submarino Finance
April - Submarino's Follow-on
May - Creation of Submarino Viagens
December - Merger of Americanas.com and Submarino, resulting in the creation of B2W
March - Incorporation of B2W with TV Sky Shop
July - Acquisition of the license to use BLOCKBUSTER® trademark online in Brazil
August - Expansion of the travel business to all 3 brands with the creation of B2W Viagens
March - Launch of BLOCKBUSTER® online's website
September - Inauguration of the new B2W's Distribution Center
November - International expansion of Ingresso.com to Mexico
March - International expansion of Ingresso.com to Argentina
September - International expansion of Ingresso.com to Chile
June - Capital increase in the amount of 1 billion
November - Launch of the SouBarato website
November - Inauguration of B2W Distribution Center in Recife
August - Announcement of the US$ 1 billion Investment Plan for the next three years
October - Inauguration of 4 new DCs (RJ, SP, MG and PE)
April- Acquisition of Click Rodo and Uniconsult
July- Launch of the fashion category
October- Acquisition of Tarkena and Ideais
October- Launch of the Marketplace
January - Capital increase in the amount of R$ 2,38 billion
February - Launch of the [B]Seller platform
June - Acquisition of Direct
October- Inauguration of 3 new DCs and expansion of 1 DC
November - Launch of Digital Finance
March - Launch of B2W Fulfillment
May - Acquisition of e-smart
July - Acquisition of Sieve Group
October- Inauguration of 2 new DCs
November - Launch of the SouBarato credit card
December - Launch of Submarino Prime
March - Acquisition of Boo Labs, start-up of artificial intelligence
May - Approval of capital increase of R$ 823 Million
June - Launch of B2W Ads
October- Operational agreement with Vialog
March - Capital increase of R$ 1.2 Billion
June - Opening of the Shoptime TV channel for the Marketplace
June - Launch of B2W Empresas (B2B)
October- Launch of Americanas Prime
December - Launch of C2C
April - Soft Launch of AME Digital
May - Addition of BTOW3 in the Ibovespa Index
August - Launch of Crédito Seller
September - Ame becomes accepted in all B2W websites
October - Ame starts being accepted in Lojas Americanas stores
March - Launch of Americanas Mundo
July – Launch of the crowdshipping app VOE
July – Definition of Ame's ownership structure
August - Announcement of R$ 2.5 Billion capital raise
September - Ame announces its partnerships with Linx and Mastercard
Shoptime was created in 1995 as a TV channel and launched its website in 1999, becoming the 3rd e-commerce player in Brazil.
