Carrefour Brazil grows 5.6% in same stores in the first quarter

The Carrefour Group presented on Thursday (13/4) in Paris, France, Carrefour''s results in the first quarter of 2017. In Brazil, sales from January to March totaled 3.6 billion euros, about $12 billion. In same stores, the French retailer''s sales rose 5.6 percent. Ever considering the high organic growth was 10.5%.
According to report from the French retailer, "Deploying Multiformat model Carrefour in Brazil continues to bear fruit, in an economic environment marked by high unemployment and a slowdown in inflation in the first quarter. The report highlighted that "the success of the Carrefour in the country reflects the smooth progress of Atacadão and hypermarkets, as well as continuing proximity shops openings Express.
Global sales of the group in the same period reached € 21.3 billion (about R$ 71 billion), an increase of 6.2%. The Communique points out that the relevance of the multi-project template and the balance of the geographic presence of the group contributed to the good performance.