date:Aug 30, 2013
in the Netherlands offset a weak performance in the United States, its largest market.
Earlier this month, the world's largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) reported a surprise decline in quarterly same-store sales in the United States and cut its outlook for the full year.
To raise cash to defend positions in key markets of western Europe, China and Brazil and strengthen its balance sheet, Carrefour has been exiting several non-core countries such as Colombia, Malaysia and Indonesia.