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Carrefour news

30 June 2022
In March 2021, Carrefour Brazil reached an agreement to acquire Grupo BIG from Advent International and Walmart, subject to approval from Brazil’s antitrust watchdog CADE (The Administrative Council for Economic Defense). This was approved on 25 May 2022, subject to Carrefour disposing of 14 stores in anti-competitive locations. Earlier this month (7 June) the acquisition was finalised. It...
17 June 2022
Carrefour operates over 13,000 stores in nine different markets. The Carrefour group continues to expand its operations and partners to provide quick commerce and food delivery services. Carrefour Brazil revealed it completed the acquisition of Grupo Big in Brazil. Meanwhile, Europe’s leading q-commerce Flink SE purchased Cajoo, who partners with Carrefour to supply its private label and other ex...
01 June 2022
The region of Madrid is Spain’s most affluent, boasting per capita income of €32,000, over 35% higher than the national figure of €23,700 (in 2020). The thriving Madrid economy has created an attractive market, which continues to draw investment from nearly all the country’s largest grocers. Retailers continue to perceive the region as a key market in which to showcase their advances, in terms of...
16 May 2022
Traditionally, a large percentage of Spanish shoppers used to get their fresh food in traditional stores and markets, buying their dry groceries in supermarkets. However, in recent years retailers have improved their fresh offer, progressively gaining share from the traditional sector. Therefore, while over 30% of fresh food is still sold through the traditional sector, this figure is steadily...
26 April 2022
Dada’s autonomous delivery open platform helps offline stores improve efficiency and reduce costs of delivery at the 415 Intra-City Shopping Festival in China. A smart delivery solution empowers quick commerce Dada Group, a leading platform for local on-demand retail and delivery in China, partnered with JD.com, China's leading one-stop ecommerce platform, to organize the 415 Intra-City S...
21 April 2022
Carrefour reports its first quarter sales rose 9.0% to €20,239m with like-for-like (LFL) sales up by 3.4%, we look at three key takeaways from the results announcement. 1. Carrefour continues to gain market share in France, Spain and Brazil Carrefour announced it increased its sales across France, Europe and Latin America. We highlight the three countries where the retailer is gaining market ...
06 April 2022
Retailers continue to collaborate alongside food delivery experts, to boost shopper experience and reducing delivery time. We explore how Italian retailers continue to develop in this area to meet the increasing demand. Carrefour Italia and Deliveroo offer fast food delivery Deliveroo announced its launched Hop in collaboration with Carrefour Italia to offer shopping at home in 10 minutes. ...
16 March 2022
The convenience channel is becoming increasingly competitive in Brazil , particularly in São Paulo. Throughout the pandemic, Brazilians have spent more time at home than ever before, which has led to a rise in new autonomous store formats.  Carrefour is the first major retailer to enter this space and accelerating the expansion of its autonomous stores underpins its convenience strategy thi...
02 March 2022
As Intermarché announces it will Mestdagh’s Carrefour stores, Louis Delhaize discusses plans for a rebranding of its Smatch and Match supermarkets and organic specialists Färm and Ekoplaza discuss merger opportunities, we look at the changes set to affect the market in the medium term. Intermarché to acquire Mestdagh’s Carrefour stores Intermarché is to acquire Mestdagh’s 87 Carrefour Marke...
17 February 2022
Carrefour achieved like-for-like sales growth of 2.3% in 2021, following on from a 7.8% improvement in 2020, taking its sales including VAT to €81.2 bn. The retailer said the results underlined ‘ the continuous improvement in the Group’s model and reflects solid momentum of market share gains in all key countries ’. In terms of market share gains, Carrefour called out France, Spain, and Brazil. ...