As Carrefour continues to evolve and develop its operations in France and at a Group level, we look at its latest appointments, opening of bargain corners in its hypermarkets in France and the updating of the Bio c’Bon concept following its purchase in Q4 2020. Management changes at Carrefour Carrefour has appointed Elodie Perthuisot as its head of online operations. Perthuisot will replace...

In collaboration with Yushan Bank, Carrefour opened an unmanned store called iCarrefour in January. Store trial started in May 2020 The retailer has been testing the unmanned store concept inside its HQ building since May 2020. With a sales area of nine sq m, the unmanned store is “mini” in size and carries around 600 SKUs, designed to fulfil the shopping missions of office workers inside t...

Having entered in preliminary discussions around a potential transaction, these have now ended, with Carrefour and Couche-Tard switching their focus to explore opportunities for operational partnerships. Opposition to any deal The discussions had been initiated by Couche-Tard’s “friendly approach” to Carrefour with the objective of acquiring the France-based retailer. However, these d...