CARREFOUR NEWS ON FASTMOVING
![]() | France's Carrefour takes steps to exit China with Suning.com deal24/06/2019 - 15:02Carrefour, Europe’s largest retailer, took a decisive step on Sunday towards a full exit of the Chinese market by selling a majority stake of its activities in the country to Suning.com. read more |
![]() | Carrefour franchisee to open first Ugandan store19/06/2019 - 09:13Carrefour will open its first store in Uganda this year, expanding in the region after a successful launch in neighbouring Kenya, the Dubai-based operator of the French retailer’s outlets said. read more |
![]() | Carrefour franchisee on prowl for acquisitions to grow in Africa03/04/2019 - 08:42Majid Al Futtaim Holding, an operator of French retailer Carrefour SA outlets, plans to boost its presence in Kenya as it looks to expand into eastern and southern Africa.
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![]() | Carrefour enables milk product traceability through blockchain11/03/2019 - 13:37French retail giant Carrefour is using blockchain technology to let consumers trace information about the source of its milk products. read more |
![]() | Carrefour to use AI for supply chain optimisation15/01/2019 - 15:19Carrefour has announced plans to use artificial intelligence to optimise its inventory management, making it the first French retailer to do so. read more |
![]() | Carrefour adopts blockchain ledger technology to monitor food sources10/10/2018 - 16:44Europe’s largest retailer Carrefour has adopted blockchain ledger technology to track and trace chicken, eggs and tomatoes as they travel from farms to shops, and will deploy it across all of its fresh product lines in coming years. read more |
![]() | Tesco and Carrefour announce joint purchasing tie-up03/07/2018 - 09:20Tesco and Carrefour have announced plans to enter into a “long-term, strategic alliance”, with the aim of getting better deals from multinational suppliers, cutting costs, and combating increased competition in their domestic markets. read more |
![]() | Shoprite and France’s Carrefour go toe-to-toe in Kenya15/03/2018 - 09:26Kenya is turning into an interesting battleground between South African grocery chain Shoprite and French rival Carrefour. read more |
![]() | Carrefour plans assault on Shoprite territory03/07/2017 - 10:27Shoprite's biggest rival on the continent may not be a local business, but a French company, the world's second-largest retailer, as Carrefour carefully plans its expansion into Eastern and Southern Africa. read more |
![]() | Carrefour to stop selling plastic bags by 202017/11/2016 - 14:43Carrefour will aim to end its distribution of one-time-usage plastic bags at checkouts globally by the year 2020. read more |
![]() | Lost in translation: Wal-Mart stumbles - Brazil22/02/2016 - 11:54Campo Grande, Brazil - When Wal-Mart Stores first expanded into Brazil's Midwestern farm-belt city of Campo Grande seven years ago, the economy was booming and executives were eager to open stores even in sub-prime locations on one-way streets heading out of town. read more |
![]() | Tesco-style accounting risks well known - UK25/09/2014 - 09:04London - Tesco's disclosure of huge accounting mistakes over contracts with its suppliers has shocked industry analysts and executives, but not because they did not realise the potential for disaster. read more |
![]() | Europe: Retailers eye profits from click & collect16/09/2013 - 10:40Paris - European retailers have gone back to bricks and mortar in the hope of turning their online food businesses profitable - racing to build pick-up points to capitalise on shoppers' increasing demand for "click and collect" grocery options. read more |
![]() | Carrefour Q2 2013 results, Preparing for life as a healthy #2 in the market, rather than an ailing #125/07/2013 - 15:17On Carrefour’s second-quarter results, Gildas Aitamer, Retail Analyst at Planet Retail, commented: read more |
![]() | Tesco quarterly sales expected to decline04/06/2013 - 08:09London - Britain's biggest retailer, Tesco , is expected to slip back to an underlying sales decline when it publishes first-quarter trading figures on Wednesday, raising doubts about a costly recovery plan for its home market. read more |
![]() | Carrefour teams up with CFAO for African expansion03/06/2013 - 09:48French retail giant Carrefour SA said Wednesday it has teamed up with African distribution company CFAO to expand its presence in Africa, as the grocer seeks to reinforce the global footprint of its name. read more |
![]() | Carrefour strengthens business analytics with location intelligence23/05/2013 - 15:10REDLANDS, Calif. -- Esri announces that Carrefour Group, the second-largest retailer in the world with nearly 10,000 stores around the globe, has implemented an enterprise-wide marketing solution from Esri partner Galigeo.
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![]() | International gains offset Casino’s domestic price war wounds19/04/2013 - 12:49On Casino’s first quarter results, Gildas Aitamer, Retail Analyst at Planet Retail, commented: read more |
![]() | Reports: Costco looks to develop e-commerce in China09/04/2013 - 10:42New York -- Costco Wholesale appears to be eyeing China's online commerce market, according to published reports. read more |
![]() | Carrefour Says France Improving as Quarterly Sales Rise17/01/2013 - 09:29Carrefour SA (CA), France’s biggest retailer, reported a 0.8 percent increase in fourth-quarter sales because of growth in Latin America, and said business continued to improve in France. read more |
![]() | Tesco and Walmart say goodbye to easy expansion in China22/10/2012 - 08:13Tesco is trying to lure Chinese shoppers with promotions on soy sauce, cooking oil and apples this week. But Emily Zhang still won't do much shopping there. read more |
![]() | Carrefour Sees First Signs of Turnaround as Sales Top Estimates12/10/2012 - 10:29Carrefour SA (CA), the world’s second- largest retailer, gained the most in France’s benchmark CAC 40 Index after reporting sales that signaled new Chief Executive Officer Georges Plassat’s turnaround plan may be working.
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![]() | Carrefour Shares Surge as Management Reassures Investors13/07/2012 - 08:49July 12 (Bloomberg) -- Carrefour SA shares rose the most in more than five months after the world’s second-largest retailer reported sales growth that topped analysts’ estimates and boosted investor confidence that it can meet full-year profit expectations. read more |
![]() | Historic moment for Carrefour Colombia Workers Union as it signs first collective agreement30/04/2012 - 12:04Nyon, Switzerland, 27 April 2012: UNI Global Union welcomed the signing of an historic first collective agreement at Carrefour Colombia that it says should serve as a new model for labour relations in the country. Along with the gains for Carrefour Colombia the workers, the agreement is notable for the fair and secure organising collective bargaining process that created it.
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![]() | Carrefour Sees Profit at Low End of Reduced Forecast Range20/01/2012 - 14:02Carrefour SA, (CA) the world’s second- largest retailer, said 2011 profit was at the lower end of its reduced forecast range after fourth-quarter sales declined. read more |
![]() | Local sourcing and the foreign retailers' Indian dilemma02/12/2011 - 09:04Like the opening of a new superstore in town, the world's largest retailers have been queuing up to get access to the as-yet-closed-off Indian market. But when last week the Indian government announced it would be flinging wide the doors for foreign investment, the Wal-Marts and the Carrefours had plenty to worry about. read more |
![]() | Indian premier sticks by retail market opening30/11/2011 - 09:32Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has rejected calls to reverse major retail market reforms, saying the entry of foreign supermarket giants would help modernise the $450 billion (R3.8 trillion) sector and fight stubbornly high inflation. read more |
![]() | Tesco defector McCann exits Carrefour06/05/2011 - 14:02Former Tesco director James McCann has left Carrefour after less than 18 months with the French retail giant. read more |