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Carrefour (CRRFY) is a multinational retail corporation headquartered in France, recognized as one of the largest food retailers globally. The company operates a multi-format and omnichannel model, offering a wide range of products including food, non-food items, and private label goods. Carrefour serves millions of customers across Europe and Latin America through its hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores, and e-commerce platforms, while also focusing on sustainability and digital transformation.
- Food Sales - Offers a wide variety of food products, including fresh produce, packaged goods, and private label items, which represent a significant portion of overall sales.
- E-commerce - Provides online shopping services with strong growth in gross merchandise volume, supported by investments in digital transformation and AI integration.
- Non-Food Sales - Includes categories such as clothing, electronics, and household goods, catering to diverse customer needs.
- Petrol Sales - Supplies fuel through its network of petrol stations, contributing to revenue but with lower margins compared to other segments.
- Retail Media - Leverages customer data to offer targeted advertising solutions through its Unlimitail platform, which operates in multiple countries.
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Given the multiple challenges and one-off factors affecting your European operations in H1, can you provide more clarity on how you expect to improve profitability in H2, and what specific measures are you implementing to mitigate ongoing risks?
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With significant price investments made in France and across Europe to improve competitiveness, are these price investments fully self-funded by your cost savings initiatives, or do they exceed your self-help levers, and how sustainable is this strategy in maintaining margins?
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You have raised your synergy target for the Grupo BIG integration in Brazil to BRL 3 billion by 2025, up from BRL 2 billion; what gives you confidence in achieving this higher target, and what specific areas are contributing most to these additional synergies?
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Adverse weather conditions significantly impacted your European operations in H1, affecting hypermarket traffic and seasonal product sales; how do you plan to mitigate such weather-related risks in the future, and what strategies are you adopting to safeguard sales and profitability?
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Considering that Unlimitail is currently in an investment phase with limited contribution to margins, what is your strategy to scale up retail media operations, and how significant do you expect this segment to become in terms of profitability in the near future?
Notable M&A activity and strategic investments in the past 3 years.
| Company | Year | Details |
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Carrefour Brazil | 2025 | Carrefour plans to acquire the remaining shares in its Brazilian operations to allow local management to focus on consolidating market position, aiming to generate sustainable value for all stakeholders; specific deal values or structures were not disclosed. |
Cora | 2024 | The acquisition of Cora marks Carrefour’s first major domestic deal in over 20 years, intended to strengthen its French market presence through integrated store conversions and complementary synergies, despite short‐term negative impacts on profitability due to one-off integration costs. |
Match | 2024 | Alongside Cora, the Match acquisition is positioned as a value-creating move to boost Carrefour’s market share in France to approximately 22.5%, with integration costs spread over 2024 and 2025 and expected operational synergies. |
El Corte Inglés (47 stores) | 2024 | Acquiring 47 stores from El Corte Inglés in Spain, Carrefour aims to bolster its market presence and achieve growth through targeted regional expansion, with part of its €1.9 billion CapEx allocated to integrating these assets. |
Grupo BIG | 2022 | The Grupo BIG acquisition in Brazil is considered a significant, accretive move, with accelerated store conversion plans, revised synergy targets now at BRL 2 billion in EBITDA by 2025, antitrust approval requiring divestment of 14 stores, and financing arranged via medium-term instruments. |
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