Overview
Carrefour operates supermarkets and other retail stores and reports geographic segments for France, the rest of Europe and Latin America.[2] Forbes records it was founded by Marcel Fournier on 11 July 1959 and is headquartered in Massy, France.[2] Sales were US$94.8bn, almost unchanged (+0.5%), and profit US$360m, a margin of 0.4%, the second lowest among the 25 after Albertsons.[2] Carrefour fell from tenth to eleventh as Tesco overtook it. Its market value of US$14.0bn is the third-lowest of the 25, and Forbes counts 298,604 employees.[2]
Carrefour SA strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Large presence in France and Brazil
- Eleventh-largest sales
- Multi-format store network
Limitations
- Profit margin 0.4%
- Sales flat
- Market value of US$14.0bn
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Carrefour SA peers and competitors
Companies ranked in the same lists as Carrefour SA.
- Tesco PLC
Ahold Delhaize
Alimentation Couche-Tard
Costco Wholesale- JD.com
- Home Depot
Kroger- Alibaba Group
Target- Lowe’s
- Albertsons
- AEON
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