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  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc
    How Couche-Tard’s ambitious bid for Carrefour was cut down

    Canadian group pitched its €16.2bn plan as a chance to forge a French-speaking retail giant

  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc
    Canada’s Couche-Tard ends €16.2bn takeover talks with Carrefour

    Last-minute intervention by Quebec’s economy minister fails to win round French government

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    France issues ‘clear and final no’ over Carrefour takeover bid

    Canadian convenience store group Couche-Tard has offered €16.2bn for supermarket company

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Due Diligence
    The power players who will determine the fate of France’s Carrefour Premium

    The French finance minister and a handful of billionaires stand between Couche-Tard and the supermarket chain

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Retail sector
    Couche-Tard faces clash with French government over Carrefour bid

    Finance minister talks of threat to ‘food sovereignty’ while analysts puzzled by €16bn approach for retailer

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Lex
    Couche-Tard/Carrefour: what a hoot

    A deal is not advisable simply because it is possible

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Canada’s Couche-Tard in takeover talks with France’s Carrefour

    Supermarket groups confirm early-stage discussions are under way on potential $50bn tie-up

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    News in-depthBrazil
    Corporate Brazil faces reckoning on racism after brutal killing

    Companies that do not take action risk reprisals ranging from boycotts to vandalism

  • Tuesday, 14 April, 2020
    Amazon.com
    French court orders Amazon to do more to protect workers 

    Shipments limited to essential items after unions sought extra Covid-19 prevention measures

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 27 September, 2019
    Kingfisher PLC
    Kingfisher brings in former Carrefour executive to lead French unit

    Alain Rabec takes over struggling business that includes Castorama and Brio Dépôt

  • Thursday, 25 July, 2019
    Carrefour sales gain signals turnround taking hold
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2019
    City Bulletin
    Kingfisher poaches Carrefour executive to be its new CEO

    Your morning City briefing on companies in the news, job moves and what’s happening in the markets

  • Thursday, 27 June, 2019
    Kingfisher PLC
    Kingfisher hires Carrefour veteran to replace outgoing chief

    B&Q owner picks Thierry Garnier because of his success in building business in China

  • Sunday, 23 June, 2019
    Carrefour moves to quit China with deal to offload business

    Europe’s largest retailer agrees €1.4bn deal to sell 80% of arm to Suning.com

  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2019
    Brazil underpins global sales growth for Carrefour in March quarter
  • Thursday, 28 February, 2019
    Carrefour lifts cost cutting efforts as transformation ramps up

    French retailer saved more than €1bn in 2018

  • Wednesday, 7 November, 2018
    Carrefour appoints new digital head in turnround push
  • Wednesday, 17 October, 2018
    Brazil, France drive Carrefour third quarter sales growth
  • Wednesday, 3 October, 2018
    News in-depthRetail sector
    Casino’s Naouri hits back against the hedge funds

    Chief of French supermarket group says his critics act ‘at their risk and peril’

  • Monday, 1 October, 2018
    European companies
    Casino to sell €565m of real estate assets

    Disposal of 55 Monoprix sites is part of French retailer’s plan to cut debt burden

  • Monday, 24 September, 2018
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    Casino/Carrefour: no dice Premium

    After the rejection of an offer that was never made, the supermarket remains a gamble

  • Monday, 24 September, 2018
    Retail sector
    French supermarkets at odds over merger claim

    Casino statement on approach by rival chain contradicted by Carrefour

  • Thursday, 26 July, 2018
    Retail sector
    Carrefour reports better than expected growth in first half
  • Monday, 16 July, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry
    French supermarket tie-ups probed by watchdog

    Purchasing alliances aimed at fighting off Amazon come under scrutiny

  • Wednesday, 4 July, 2018
    Retail & Consumer industry5 min
    Listen: Supermarkets team up in search for improved profits

    Vanessa Houlder discusses the pressures Carrefour and Tesco are facing in their search for profitability with the FT’s Harriet Agnew and Jonathan Eley

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