date:Oct 18, 2013
est and tax of around 2.19 billion euros ($2.95 billion) was reasonable, provided Latin American currencies did not weaken versus the euro.
Elsewhere in Europe, sales in austerity-hit Spain were still negative but improving, with a like-for-like decline of 1.8 percent versus a drop of 2.6 percent the previous quarter.
Italy also showed an improvement, but mostly due to easier comparisons with the year-ago quarter.
Emerging markets were another bright spot for Carrefour, with like-for-like sal