B2W - Companhia Digital (BOVESPA:BTOW3) and Lojas Americanas S.A. (BOVESPA:LAME4) announced on 19 February 2021 that they will create special independent committees to evaluate a potential merger of operations, at a time that the Covid-19 pandemic is boosting the e-commerce sector. The merger of operations would be under the name of Universo Americanas. B2W is currently controlled by Lojas Americanas, with a 62.5% share.