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BusinessWeek
October 11, 2004
Carol Matlack |
Carrefour In A Corner If there's any foreign retailer that can hold a candle to Wal-Mart Stores Inc., it's Carrefour. But the hypermarket chain is feeling the squeeze as discount rivals expand. It's stock has shed half its value since 1999, and there's talk of a takeover.   |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2004
Rich Smith |
Carrefour Held Down Carrefour's good news is trumped by a bad rumor of a Wal-Mart buyout. |
BusinessWeek
March 21, 2005
Carol Matlack |
The Big Brands Go Begging In Europe Europe's private-label producers of household products thrive while name brands like Unilever struggle. |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
Bauerova et al. |
The Three-Way Fight for Brazilian Shoppers In Latin America's largest market, Wal-Mart is spending big to overtake Carrefour and local rival Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2004
Rich Smith |
Bienvenue, Carrefour Lesser-known French retailer Carrefour turns in a strong first half. Investors, take notice. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2005
Roberts, Zellner & Matlack |
Let China's Retail Wars Begin Newly unfettered foreign chains could grab more of China's market. |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
Rudy Ruitenberg |
Mon Dieu! Baguette Prices Are Going Up Wheat prices are driving the bakers of France to add five cents per loaf. |
BusinessWeek
December 10, 2009
Carol Matlack |
Gerard Mulliez' Auchan: France's Wal-Mart Goes Global Mega-retailer Auchan has a powerful patriarch, a secretive culture, and an insatiable urge to expand. |
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004
Ewing et al. |
The Next Wal-Mart? Aldi is Europe's stealth Wal-Mart. Like the Arkansas-based giant, Aldi boasts awesome margins, huge market clout, and seemingly unstoppable growth. |
BusinessWeek
October 6, 2003
Dexter Roberts |
China: The Next Big Conquest? For retailers, doing business in China is tough stuff. But with a $370 billion market up for grabs, Wal-Mart and its competitors know it's worth the trouble. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2010
Jim Royal |
World's Largest Retailers Raise the Jolly Roger Retailers are on the attack against costs. |
BusinessWeek
July 11, 2005
Carol Matlack |
Liberte, Egalite...and Blogging What are so many French writing about? Find out on our tour of some of the country's key blogs friendly for English speakers. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2005
Rich Smith |
British Tabs Target the Business World British tabloids speculate on a Nokia/Cisco deal as well as a Carrefour buy-out by Wal-Mart. Where the differences between the two stories lie is primarily in the area of novelty. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004
John Rossant |
France's Poweo: Aiming To Spark A Revolution Can a new private electric utility become a serious rival to France's electricity monopoly? That's just what Poweo founder and chief executive Charles Beigbeder has in mind. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2006 |
GE Builds on Growing European Retail Portfolio Bolstering its presence across the pond, GE Real Estate Central Europe has spent $695 million to acquire a portfolio of Central European hypermarkets from French operator Groupe Casino. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2012 |
Born in the USA, Made in France: How McDonald's Succeeds in the Land of Michelin Stars To make it in France, McDonald's made itself look like a French company and offered French favorites. |
Food Processing
October 2010
Mark Beebe |
Packaging: You've Come a Long Way, Baby Private label products have enjoyed a tremendous year; in addition to product improvements, packaging also is taking on the national brands. |
BusinessWeek
July 11, 2005
Carol Matlack |
Let Them Eat Cake -- And Blog About It France's passion for Web logs is beginning to alter the political and business climate. |
Knowledge@Wharton
February 26, 2003 |
Why Big-box Retailers Often Fumble in Their Global Growth Strategies How good are these companies at reaching beyond their borders, and how successful will they be in the future? Experts from Wharton are cautiously optimistic, noting that retail depends heavily on such disparate factors as consumer whims and the cost of real estate. |
BusinessWeek
October 6, 2003
John Rossant |
The Real War Is France vs. France Resentment of the U.S. is being challenged by a growing cadre of French thinkers. |
BusinessWeek
April 30, 2007
Hamm & Lakshman |
Widening Aisles For Indian Shoppers In India, big retailers are jostling to replace millions of small merchants with chain stores. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Megan Sever |
French Science Crisis On March 9, more than 2,000 French science research laboratory directors and team leaders tendered their resignations of administrative and management duties in protest over what they call "draconian cuts" in government scientific spending and research jobs. |
BusinessWeek
September 20, 2004
John Rossant |
France: Fraying Ties To The Arab World Its pro-Arab diplomacy isn't helping in the wake of a kidnapping in Iraq. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2007
Seth Jayson |
A New Chance for France It was more than the usual defeat for French Socialists. France's economy continues to lag much of the rest of developed Europe, a situation most observers blame on hide-bound bureaucracy, stifling labor laws, and a rampant over-reliance on public-sector employment. |
Investment Advisor
January 1, 2011
Savita Iyer-Ahrestani |
Revolution and Reform France's trouble with retirement reform has done little to sway investors away from the country. |
BusinessWeek
July 9, 2007
Kerry Capell |
The French Lesson In Health Care The French health care system - a complex mix of private and public financing - offers valuable lessons for would-be health-care reformers in the U.S. |
