Content Page COVER PAGE 1 CONTENT PAGE 2 ABOUT CARREFOUR 3 FACTORS THAT IMPORTANT TO CARREFOUR 3 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING RESEARCH 11 CARREFOUR EMERGING MARKETS IN SINGAPORE 18 INTERNATIONAL TRADE BARRIERS 21 CARREFOUR MARKET-ENTRY STRATEGIES 26 REFERENCE 36 About Carrefour Over the past 40 years‚ the Carrefour group has grown to become one of the world’s leading distribution groups
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| | |Ethical Analysis of Carrefour Corporation | | | |Business Ethics and Sustainability
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RETAIL INNOVATIONS CASE STUDY Carrefour: Hypermarket Reinvention Carrefour’s approach to revitalizing its hypermarket format and key action points for retailers looking to improve their large format store sales Reference Code: CM00028-002 Publication Date: December 2010 OVERVIEW Summary Verdict’s Retail Innovations case studies are new for 2010. Each profile provides an evaluation of a company that stands out due to a set of unique characteristics‚ or a particular strategic initiative
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Carrefour Introduction Carrefour one of the biggest retailers in Europe‚ which is working with the shopping area and discounters in the world. The company is headquartered in Paris‚ France.) The company started in France in 1959 and opened its first supermarket in 1960. The first major changes and expansions‚ which that it went through‚ were between the 70s and the 80s‚ a period that saw the stocks of the company being floated in 1970 in the Paris bourse. In 1970 the company presented in stock
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analysis is to highlight how Carrefour has financed its growth over the last four years i.e. 1968 through 1971 with the help of the Statement of Sources and Uses (Exhibit 1). In addition‚ the financing needs for the projected growth of the company will be reported and analyzed briefly. For this purpose Pro-forma Income Statements (Exhibit 2) and Pro-forma Balance Sheets (Exhibit 3) have been prepared for the next four years (1972 through 1975). From 1968 to 1971‚ Carrefour has used trade notes extensively
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threats while expanding their global market; they featured many products like groceries‚ toys‚ furniture‚ fast food and also financial services‚ all under one roof. The first hypermarket was opened in 1963 with the help of French government. By 1973 Carrefour became world’s most global retailer with 15‚000 stores globally. When Careefour established its first hypermarket in Philadelphia US‚ and other unit in US‚ but then shut down both the store soon. The problem was some customers found the store too
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There is little or no doubt that India today has emerged as a powerhouse in the automotive industry. Tata Nano‚ the world’s cheapest car is sold in its native country for approximately Rs 1-lakh ($2‚198). Tata Nano is manufactured entirely in India by Tata Motor Limited. When the Nano was launched in March 2009‚ it accomplished Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata’s vision of making a “people’s car”. The aim was to produce a car that is safe and affordable to almost everyone in India
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Strategic marketing management Company Information Carrefour Group‚ in the past 40 years have grown to turn out to be one of the world’s leading distribution groups. Carrefour began its journey in 1959 which was established in France by the Defforey families and Fournier. The name Carrefour came into existence as shops were located on thoroughfare‚ which literally means a place where it’s convenient to shop. Carrefour hypermarket was first opened outside France in Belgium and the first
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International Borrowing at Carrefour S.A. Briefly discuss the background of Carrefour SA and its financing practices. What are the borrowing alternatives? Carrefour S.A. is operating as a chain of hypermarkets‚ combining a supermarket‚ drugstore‚ discount store and gas station. Carrefour is originating from France‚ however‚ during 40 years it has expanded its operations to ten other European countries‚ six South and North American countries and nine Asian countries. The largest sales and profits
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sheet‚ the Profit & Loss account and its global ratios. The first aspect that can be observed is that the Company is huge as it has a large amount of total assets - more than 62 billion dollars at the end of 2011. However‚ the total assets owned by Carrefour decreased over the last five years and this sudden decrease can be attributed to the change of strategy adopted by the Company‚ which probably tried to generate more cash by lowering the total assets and tightening their business‚ going from $ 71
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