Carrefour facts for kids
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| Public (Euronext: CA) | |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Headquarters |
Paris, Caen (Promodès)
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France
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Key people
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José Luis Duran |
| Revenue |  €74,230 million (2019) |
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Operating income
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€2,080 million (2019) |
| €1,508 million (2019) |
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Number of employees
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321,000 (2020) |
Carrefour SA (IPA: /karfur/) is a French international hypermarket chain. It has many shops around the world. It is the second largest retail group in the world in terms of revenue and sales figures after Wal-Mart. Carrefour operates mainly in the European Union, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. It also has shops in North Africa and Asia. Carrefour means cross-road (the place where two roads meet) in French.
Images for kids
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Groupe Carrefour head office at 33, avenue Émile Zola, Boulogne Billancourt, France
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78th store of Carrefour China at Zhongshan Park, Shanghai, opened 6 June 2005
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Former Carrefour store at Minoo, Osaka, Japan
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Previous branch of Carrefour in Niterói, Brazil (has been replaced by an Atacadão branch)
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Carrefour has 173 hypermarkets in Spain, the second most important country of the Carrefour group
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8 à Huit store in Étretat
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Carrefour City, Paris
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The Carrefour supermarket at Faa'a, Tahiti, French Polynesia
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A Carrefour outlet in Beijing, China, promotes the use of canvas bags as opposed to plastic bags prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics
