MBA intake 10 Strategic Management and Business Policy Submitted by: Rawi El Masry Submitted to: Dr.Sherif Lotfy Case Study Carrefour Table of Content 1. Introduction Carrefour is the famous French multinational retailer headquartered in Boulogne Billancourt‚ France‚ in Paris. Carrefour means "crossroads" and "public square" in French. Carrefour is the market leader for retail business in Europe & number 2 worldwide after Wal-Mart. It’s present in 34 countries
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CARREFOUR CHINA‚ BUILDING A GREENER STORE Edizcan İkizoğlu Ertuğrul Ozan Özbahar Sırma Karakaya IE457|Case 2 Report Bilkent University November‚ 2013 I.SUMMARY In 1995‚ Carrefour entered China‚ with its first store opening in Beijing. By June 2006 the company was operating 73 hypermarkets in 29 Chinese cities and it was the number one foreign retailer in China having the fastest growing rate among its competitors [1]. The company planned to open 100 new stores in 2006-07 because the
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Page # History of Carrefour 3 Contingent Factors 4 Social Responsibility 8 Culture 9 Ethics & Corporate Governance 10 Organizational Structure 11 Effectiveness 13 History of Carrefour (Convenience Stores‚ Supermarket‚ Hypermarket) Carrefour means “crossroad” in French‚ the implication of Carrefour is that people could find Carrefour stores very easily and conveniently. Carrefour logo with its blue‚ red
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Carrefour FIN4812 International Finance Case Analysis CARREFOUR S.A This report is created with a discussion over several important international finance topics for instance‚ interest-rate parity‚ currency risk management‚ regarding description on Carrefour S.A. financing policies as well as hedging strategy. Additionally‚ we also discussed on which currency Carrefour should issue its 10-year‚ 750 million euro‚ annual coupon bond‚ its foreign currency risk exposure and a possible hedging
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the biggest competitive threat facing Carrefour as it expands in global markets? Carrefour had a concept of been a giant store(hypermarket) but along the line‚ the company faced some challenges which they found difficult to adapt to easily‚ Some of the challenges were due to changing consumer consumption habits and Carrefour could not meet up with this challenge because of the little depths in some of their product categories. Carrefour also pulled out from the American market
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Carrefour Carrefour is the second largest and more successful hypermarket company in the world behind Wal-Mart. In Europe is the hypermarket with more revenues and sales. Carrefour has presence in 30 countries around the world and owns 12.028 stores worldwide (Carrefour‚ 2006). Carrefour founded the idea of retail-shop which means food- retailers and contains supermarkets‚ hypermarkets‚ hard discount‚ convenience stores‚ cash and carry‚ and e-commerce. Carrefour was created in 1959 by the Fournier
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Motivated professionals‚ dedicated to customer service With over 410‚000 employees‚ 110‚000 of them in France‚ the Carrefour group ranks among the top 13 private employers in the world. Wherever it is an employer‚ Carrefour aspires to be seen as a benchmark in human resources management and social responsibility. Attracting‚ training‚ supporting and securing the loyalty of employees: the group makes every effort to support the development of its staff members‚ who are‚ after all‚ its ambassadors
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analysis is to highlight how Carrefour has financed its growth over the last four years i.e. 1968 through 1971 with the help of the Statement of Sources and Uses (Exhibit 1). In addition‚ the financing needs for the projected growth of the company will be reported and analyzed briefly. For this purpose Pro-forma Income Statements (Exhibit 2) and Pro-forma Balance Sheets (Exhibit 3) have been prepared for the next four years (1972 through 1975). From 1968 to 1971‚ Carrefour has used trade notes extensively
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Carrefour In mid-1972 Decisions about speed and direction of future growth‚ and how to finance that growth Company Background • Begun operations in 1960 with a supermarket (650 mts2) in France • In 1963 opened the first hypermarket (2.500 mts2) just outside of Paris‚ France • Between 1965 and 1971 sales grew at an annual rate exceeding 50% (non food products accounted for 40% of that volume). • Corporate assets growth as faster as sales • Starting in 1970‚ new stores called “commercial centers”
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Introduction 3 I. Globalization and Retailing market 4 Market overview 4 Forces driving competition 5 • Buyer power 5 • Supplier power 5 • New entrants 6 • Threats of substitutes 6 • Degree of rivalry 6 II. Carrefour SWOT 7 Strengths 7 Weaknesses 8 Opportunities 8 Threats 9 III. External business environment: Key challenges and implications 10 Political and legal 10 Economic and Financial 11 Social‚ cultural‚ and Environmental 11 Technological 12 IV. Conclusion 13 Sources 14
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