date:Aug 01, 2014
in Carrefour's core French market and 19.2 percent in emerging markets, with particularly strong performance in Brazil and Argentina.
Carrefour is the second-largest operator in the Brazilian food retail market, behind leader Grupo Pao de Acucar (GPA), controlled by Carrefour's arch-rival Casino, and just ahead of world number one retailer U.S. group Wal-Mart.
Carrefour, which has said it would spend more cash this year to revive its European hypermarkets and expand further in both emerging m