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Carrefour SA <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;">Image:Groupe carrefour.png</td></tr>
Type	Public (Euronext: CA)
Founded	1957
Headquarters	Image:Flag of France.svg Paris, France <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>José Luis Duran</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Retail</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th><td>Image:Green Arrow Up.svg € 74.497 billion (2005)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Operating income</th><td>Image:Green Arrow Up.svg € ? billion (2005)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Net income</th><td>Image:Green Arrow Up.svg € 1.436 billion (2005)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th><td>436,000 (2005)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>www.carrefour.com</td></tr>

Carrefour SA (Euronext: CA) (pronounced:Cahr-uh-foor) is an international supermarket group headquartered in France with a global network of supermarkets. It is the second largest retail group in the world in terms of revenue and sales figures after Wal-Mart. Carrefour operates mainly in the European Union, Brazil and Argentina, but also has shops in North Africa and Asia.[1] Image:Carrefour San Pablo Hypermarket, Seville.jpg

Image:Carrefour at Faa'a French Polynesia.JPG The first Carrefour store opened on June 3, 1957, in suburban Annecy near a crossroads (carrefour in French). Today it is the smallest Carrefour location in the world. The group was created by Marcel Fournier and Louis Defforey and grew into a chain from this first sales outlet. In 1999 it merged with Promodès, one of its major competitors on the French market.

Marcel Fournier and Louis Defforey had attended several seminars in the United States led by "The Pope of modern distribution" Bernardo Trujillo, who influenced other famous French executives like Édouard Leclerc (E.Leclerc), Gérard Mulliez (Auchan), Paul Dubrule (Accor), and Gérard Pélisson (Accor). Their slogan was "No parking, no business.".

The Carrefour group pioneered the concept of a hypermarket, a large supermarket and a department store under the same roof. They opened their first hypermarket in 1962 in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, near Paris in France. ^{[citation needed]}

In April 1976, Carrefour launched a private label Produits libres (free products -- libre meaning free in the sense of liberty as opposed to gratis) line of fifty foodstuffs, including oil, biscuits, milk, and pasta, at substantially lower prices. The new brand's popularity led critics on the political right to charge that Carrefour was undermining capitalism by acclimating the population to generic (rather than brand name or specialty) foods. In particular, Jean Mothes, an executive at Perrier, wrote in Investir magazine that Carrefour did more to accelerate the change to a socialist-led government than socialist politicians like Edmond Maire, Georges Marchais, François Mitterrand and Georges Séguy.

Contents 1 Carrefour around the world in March 2006 1.1 Americas 1.2 Asia 1.3 Africa 1.4 Europe 2 Former countries 2.1 Chile 2.2 Czech Republic and Slovakia 2.3 Hong Kong 2.4 Japan 2.5 Korea 2.6 Mexico 2.7 United Kingdom 2.8 United States 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Carrefour around the world in March 2006

[edit] Americas

• Carrefour is the first operator in Latin America, with a presence in 3 countries: Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia. Carrefour is active in 3 types of retail distribution : hypermarkets, supermarkets and Hard discounters

Country	First store	Number of stores	Hypermarkets	Supermarkets	Hard Discounters
Argentina	1982	462	28	114	320
Brazil	1975	337	105	35	201
Colombia	1998	21	21	-

[edit] Asia

• Carrefour was the first international retailer to establish a presence in Asia in 1989, with a presence in 6 countries. Carrefour also operates in the United Arab Emirates in a joint venture with Majid al Futtaim [2].

Country	First store	Number of stores	Hypermarkets	Supermarkets	Hard Discounters
People's Republic of China	1995	307	73	-	234
Taiwan (Republic of China)	1989	45	45	-	-
Indonesia	1998	21	21	-	-
Malaysia	1994	10	10	-	-
Saudi Arabia	2003	3	3	-	-
Singapore	1997	2	2	-	-
Thailand	1996	49	23	-	-
South Korea	1996	31	-	-	-

[edit] Africa

Country	First store	Number of stores	Hypermarkets	Supermarkets	Hard Discounters
Algeria	2006	1	1	-
Egypt	2000	3	1	-	-
Tunisia	2001	1	1	-	-

[edit] Europe

• Carrefour is leader in Europe

Image:Carrefour.png

Country	First store	Number of stores	Hypermarkets	Supermarkets	Hard Discounters	Convenience Stores	Cash & Carry
Belgium	2000	135	56	79	-	-	-
Bulgaria	(2008)[3]	-	-	-	-	-
France	1960	1,688	191	603	786	-	108
Greece	1991	495	20	151	272	52	-
Italy	1993	461	51	239	-	155	16
Poland	1997	103	42	73	-	-	-
Portugal	1992	303	7	-	296	-	-
Romania	2000	5	5	-	-	-	-
Spain	1973	2,119	139	81	1,899	-	-
Switzerland	2001	9	9	-	-	-	-
Turkey	1993	433	13	71	349	-	-
Europe	1960	5,823	500	1,360	3,602	207	124

Cyprus

In 2005 Carrefour entered the Cypriot market through the 100% take over of Chris Cash & Carry a local supermarket chain. [4] [5] [6]

[edit] Former countries

[edit] Chile

In 2004, Carrefour sold its 8 hypermarkets in Chile to D&S.

[edit] Czech Republic and Slovakia

In September 2005, Carrefour sold to Tesco (the biggest UK retailer) 11 stores in the Czech Republic and four in Slovakia. Tesco paid €57.4 million as well as its stores in Taiwan. Carrefour had opened its first store in 1998 in Czech Republic and in 2000 in Slovakia.

[edit] Hong Kong

In the late 1990's, Carrefour moved out of Hong Kong after complaints from manufacturers about selling products (especially electronics) at prices far below those its competitors had. Carrefour previously had stores in Tsuen Wan and Heng Fa Chuen.

[edit] Japan

In 2005, Carrefour sold its 8 hypermarkets.

[edit] Korea

In 2006, Carrefour is selling its 32 hypermarkets to E-Land. The stores are being re-branded as Homever, a chain of supermarkets specialized on home furnishing.

[edit] Mexico

In March 2005, Carrefour sold its 29 hypermarkets in Mexico to Chedraui. Carrefour had opened its first store in 1995 in Mexico.

[edit] United Kingdom

Carrefour had several hypermarkets in the UK until the 1980s. The first of these was opened in the early 1970s in Caerphilly, South Wales. The store was demolished and rebuilt as an ASDA Supermarket during the 1990s.

Other Carrefour hypermarkets were located at Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, West Midlands, Cribbs Causeway near Bristol, Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire, Swindon, the MetroCentre in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, Eastleigh and at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre, Dudley, West Midlands. These stores were sold to Gateway in 1989 (later Somerfield) and have changed hands again in 1991. All are now ASDA Wal-Mart Supercentres, apart from the stores at Merry Hill and Eastleigh, which are an ASDA Supermarket and Hypermarket respectively.

[edit] United States

Carrefour had hypermarkets in Philadelphia and Berlin Township, New Jersey, for about five years. Both stores closed in 1993. The stores required a $0.25USD deposit for the use of a shopping cart. Some associates wore roller skates to facilitate moving about the large building. The Berlin location now houses a Kohl's department store, a Raymour and Flanigan furniture store, and a Marshalls discount clothing store, while the Philadelphia location houses a Wal-Mart and a few tiny stores.

[edit] See also

• List of French companies
• Carrefour Laval

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Yahoo! - Carrefour SA Company Profile

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