Carrefour: Promotional products were the big winners of winter holidays

French-based Carrefour, the largest hypermarket operator on the Romanian market in terms of turnover, said holiday sales exceeded the sales peak recorded in the similar period of 2007, but declined to disclose the growth rate. "Amid a comparable number of stores, December sales were higher than in the last month of 2007, and our forecasts have been met. There were no major differences on the previous year, but we did notice a growing interest for promotional offers," said Andreea Mihai, marketing manager of Carrefour Romania. The last month of the year fetched the French network 50% higher sales than a regular month, according to data provided by the company representative, who did not wish to reveal the value of the average till receipt.