Carrefour French retailer, the biggest hypermarket networkdomestically, in the first three months of this year registered267m euros in sales, down 0.6% (2m euros) from the same period oflast year, considering that toward the end of 2010 the retailer'srevenues had posted a slight rally.
In the first part of this year, domestic sales slid by 4.1% fromthe first quarter of 2010, if like-for-like results are analysed.The French group's expansion in Romania boosted sales by 6.1%,while the forex rate had a 2.6% negative impact.
The Romanian decline comes as European sales also dropped, by3.7%, with Turkey (1.2% growth) and France (1.8% growth) as theonly countries where increases were posted.
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