date:Jan 17, 2014
t Carrefour's French hypermarkets rose 1.4 percent, a slowdown from a 3 percent rise in the third quarter.
France, which contributes more than 40 percent of group sales, is key for investors to assess whether Carrefour can finally come to grips with its problems in Europe.
In Spain, Carrefour's third-largest market, sales rose 0.2 percent like-for-like, but the economic climate was still tough in Italy where sales were down 5.9 percent.
Carrefour has struggled for years in Europe, partly due