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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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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in the east end of London‚ Tesco today is the largest retailer in the UK with over £59 billion sales in 2008. In this dynamic environment‚ Tesco has managed to stay ahead of its competition through focus on people‚ both customers and employees. However‚ in today’s rapidly changing globalised environment‚ anything could happen. Companies today need to always innovate and reinvent themselves in order to maintain their competitive advantage. The macro environment that Tesco operates in provides both
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Summary This report is pertaining to Tesco Stores (Malaysia) ethical issues. Ethical dilemma is one of the problems that many companies in the world will face including Tesco Malaysia. To write this audit ethical report and know the dilemma that face by Tesco‚ I carry out an investigation on Tesco in my country using environmental scanning method. In this report also I will be discussing on the following issues: 1) Two main ethical dilemma face by Tesco using environmental scanning method
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1. Introduction. Tesco a leading food retailing company founded in 1924 by Sir Jack Cohen who used gratuity from his Army service to start selling groceries in London’s East End markets. The food and drink retail sector rеprеsеnts the largest industry in the UK‚ providing еmploymеnt for over thrее million people in primary production‚ manufacturing and retailing. In 2003 retail accounted for 9% of gross domestic product (Data monitor‚ 2003). In recent years UK supermarkets
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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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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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+Last year saw Tesco consolidate its dominance as the world’s third largest grocery retailer‚ both domestically and overseas in the US‚ Europe and Asia. Despite recent trading updates that indicate challenging economic times are having a direct impact on consumer incomes and slowing growth in its booming non-food business‚ Tesco has largely bucked the downward trend in UK-based retailers’ profits. They were up 5.7 per cent before tax during 2007/8 for the group‚ with total sales increasing 11.1
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|Japan |Malaysia | |Carrefour |29 |84‚000 |50 | |Metro |22 |46‚900 |45 | |Ito-Yokado |12 |27‚238 |41 | |Tesco |11 |39‚521
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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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