Archive of all Carrefour articles
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Analysis & FeaturesAre fmcg sports sponsors losing out to eastern rivals?
Fmcg brands are facing increased competition in the sporting sponsorship space from a new breed of businesses. What are the implications?
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Comment & OpinionSuppliers must not capitulate to retailer bullies
Such escalating retailer-supplier tensions are bad for both parties but suppliers must navigate especially carefully, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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News3D printed plant-based bacon producer Cocuus eyes UK launch
The Spanish company delivered its first batch of 3D printed plant-based bacon to Carrefour in Spain earlier this month
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Tesco make a marketplace work second time around?
With lessons learned since the failure of Tesco Direct – and the model better proven – should the likes of Amazon and Ocado be worried?
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Comment & OpinionWho is Rami Baitiéh and why has he joined Morrisons as its new CEO?
High-flyer Rami Baitiéh is quite the catch for Morrisons but why does he want the job and what will the new CEO do to fix the business?
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NewsDavid Potts steps down at Morrisons as Carrefour chief is named new CEO
US owners Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) revealed it had appointed Rami Baitiéh, formerly chief executive of Carrefour France, as its new boss
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets naming and shaming shrinkflation brands is a risky tactic
Will UK retailers call brands’ shrinkflation practices out on shelf?
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Comment & OpinionWhy have Tesco and Carrefour bid adieu to their buying alliance?
Extraordinary times and a failure to appreciate the clout of French competition authorities didn’t help. But was the strategy flawed?
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NewsTesco and Carrefour call time on buying alliance
The UK’s biggest retailer and the French hypermarket empire said they wanted to focus on “their own opportunities”
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Analysis & FeaturesFive western food brands selling products via livestream
Selling food and drink via livestreams is big business in China, with brands shifting thousands of products in a matter of seconds, and making a lot of money doing it
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NewsCity snapshot: Carrefour sells Chinese retail business in €1.4bn deal
French retail giant Carrefour has announced it has agreed to sell its operations in China to Chinese retail group Suning.com in a €1.4bn deal. Plus, franchise retailer Cake Box has delivered 33% sales growth in its inaugural year as a listed business and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Comment & OpinionWhy we must challenge international buying groups
IBGs offer enough support to claim their demands are a trade, rather than a raid, says David Sables
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Comment & OpinionHow buying groups like Tesco-Carrefour bully suppliers
The tactics of buying groups are messy and threatening for suppliers, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Analysis & FeaturesDoes Tesco's Carrefour tie-up suggest it's reverting to type?
Tesco’s European buying alliance looks set to be tougher on suppliers than the data-driven stance it has employed in the UK
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NewsTesco and Carrefour call in suppliers for Geneva crunch talks
The two supermarket chains set up a strategic alliance last summer to achieve cost savings
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NewsTesco-Carrefour alliance to be operational by October
Tesco’s strategic alliance with French hypermarket Carrefour will be operational by October.
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Comment & OpinionTesco-Carrefour: will tie-up be just another buying group?
Tesco has worked for three years now to take buying back to the principled old days
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NewsCompetition authorities in France to probe Tesco-Carrefour
The move comes as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority gear up to investigate a proposed merger between Asda and Sainsbury’s
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Comment & OpinionTesco-Carrefour is a pioneering deal, but purchasing alliances face challenges
The retailers said the motivation was to improve the quality and choice of products available to their customers
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Comment & OpinionTesco-Carrefour: who needs to merge with an entente cordiale?
If Tesco can successfully partner with Carrefour, it could be very powerful, but it’s a big if