Carrefour in the French translation of Greek word means plaza‚ or the marketplace. In the year of 1959‚ Carrefour was established in France of a town called Annecy by Marcel Fournier and Louis Defforey. Both of the founders are come from successful‚ enterprising families‚ who want to develop their own business by building large supermarkets. Marvel Fournier has set up a department store Grand Magasin de Nouveautés Fournier d’Annecy and have close relation with the Casino supermarket company‚ whereas
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Background& History Carrefour is a French multinational retailer whose headquarter is located in France. Due to successful store models‚ it has become one of the largest supermarket chains in the world (Carrefour Group‚ 2012) and considered to be the second largest retail group after Wal-Mart (Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited‚ 2013). Carrefour operates their stores all over the world‚ especially in three major markets: Asian‚ Europe and Latin America (As figure 1 shown). Alexandre (2000)
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GENERAL o DEMOGRAPHIC • Carrefour operates in 29 countries around the world. World population is rising‚ geographic distribution of populations is shifting‚ world population is aging rapidly‚ ethnic mixes in developed countries are changing rapidly‚ and average household incomes are increasing. • The demographic environment presents both opportunities and threats for Carrefour. Increases in population size and household incomes help to expand the market in which Carrefour operates. However‚ changes
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Chapter 5 Carrefour S.A. Teaching Note Version: March 2007 Introduction The Carrefour case is a financial analysis case. Carrefour S.A. is one of the world’s largest retailers. During the first half of the 2000s‚ the company’s share prices steadily declined‚ despite the fact that the company reported above-average returns on equity. Students are asked to analyze Carrefour’s financial statements and segment data to find explanations for the company’s poor share price performance and to make recommendations
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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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CASE STUDY CARREFOUR IN ASIA MANAGERIAL FINANCE (FIN 745) EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 1. GENERAL 1.1. DEMOGRAPHIC Carrefour operates in 29 countries around the world. World population is rising‚ geographic distribution of populations is shifting‚ world population is aging rapidly‚ ethnic mixes in developed countries are changing rapidly‚ and average household incomes are increasing. The demographic environment presents both opportunities and threats for Carrefour. Increases in
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A Comparative Study of Strategies Adopted by Wal-Mart and Carrefour in China: A Resource-Based Perspective By Yue‚ LIU September 2007 Acknowledgements I appreciate my dissertation supervisor Dr Wang‚ for his continuous patience‚ support‚ guidance and constructive comment throughout the period of my dissertation. I would like to thank the professors and lectures from whom I learned a lot throughout my master year. I also would like to show my gratitude to Nottingham University Business
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EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT • Demographic: | |China |Japan |Malaysia | |Carrefour |29 |84‚000 |50 | |Metro |22 |46‚900 |45 | |Ito-Yokado |12 |27‚238
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Page # History of Carrefour 3 Contingent Factors 4 Social Responsibility 8 Culture 9 Ethics & Corporate Governance 10 Organizational Structure 11 Effectiveness 13 History of Carrefour (Convenience Stores‚ Supermarket‚ Hypermarket) Carrefour means “crossroad” in French‚ the implication of Carrefour is that people could find Carrefour stores very easily and conveniently. Carrefour logo with its blue‚ red
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STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Fages Gaspard Introduction of the company Main address: Carrefour S.A.‚ BP 419-16‚ 75769 Paris Cédex1 6 Avenue Raymond Poincaré‚ Paris 75116‚ France Tel: +33 1 53 70 19 00 Fax: +33 1 53 70 86 16 Website: www.carrefour.com Carrefour is the world’s second largest retailer in terms of sales. Truly global player with operations in over 35 countries. Major formats are hypermarkets‚ supermarkets and discount stores. Well known for entering
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