Carrefour buys Romania's Artima


PARIS: Carrefour is to acquire Romanian supermarket chain Artima for €55m (£38.3m). Artima operates 21 stores in western Romania with a total sales area of around 225,960 sq ft. The company reported sales of €75m (£52.3m) in 2006, and is expected to turn over about €95m (£66.2) this year.