Carrefour sales double

Doubling sales and making profit are the goals set for the Carrefour hypermarkets in Romania this year. Whereas nothing is yet certain about the second indicator as the French did not provide any data, sales are faring even better than expected after the first quarter. Carrefour’s hypermarkets in Bucharest sold 46 million euros’ worth in the first quarter, nearly 120% more than in the same time last year. The trend is mainly explained by the increase in the number of stores. Whereas there was only one Carrefour hypermarket operational in Romania, the one in the Militari area, in the first quarter of last year, the hypermarket in the Orhideea complex showed in the Q1 revenues this year. Furthermore, in the last week of February – therefore accounting for very little in the Q1 results, a new Carrefour, the one in Colentina (eastern Bucharest) was opened. ZF