Carrefour

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Carrefour
Company typePublic (Euronext: CA)
IndustryRetail
Founded1957
Headquarters
Paris, Caen (Promodès)
,
France
Key people
José Luis Duran
Revenue 74,230 million (2019)[1]
€2,080 million (2019)
€1,508 million (2019)
Number of employees
321,000 (2020)[2]
Websitewww.carrefour.com

Carrefour SA (IPA: /karfur/) is a French international hypermarket chain. It has many shops around the world. 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, Argentina and Colombia. It also has shops in Africa, and Asia. Carrefour means cross-road (the place where two roads meet) in French.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Carrefour: Full-Year 2019 Results". www.businesswire.com. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  2. "Group | Carrefour Group". www.carrefour.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.