date:Jul 18, 2014
Carrefour (CARR.PA), the world's second-biggest retailer, posted its best three-month sales in five years thanks to signs of recovery in austerity-hit southern Europe, where even Italy returned to growth thanks to World Cup promotions.
Europe's largest retailer said all the continent was now growing. Sales rose in Spain for the third consecutive quarter, while revenue at French hypermarkets grew for a fifth quarter.
Carrefour is battling to reverse years of underperformance in Europe, where it