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发表于 28-8-2012 14:41:30|来自:新加坡
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本帖最后由 vivocity2010 于 28-8-2012 14:43 编辑
Carrefour to close Singapore outlets by year-end
Updated 12:17 PM Aug 28, 2012
SINGAPORE - Hypermarket chain Carrefour has announced that it plans to close both its local outlets - at Suntec City Mall and Plaza Singapura - by this year.
In a press release this morning, the company said: "Carrefour Singapore announces the decision to close its Suntec and Plaza Singapura stores before end of 2012, since expansion and growth perspectives do not allow reaching a leadership position in the medium and long term."
The French company, which opened its first store in Singapore in 1997, had said in 2010 that it would leave Malaysian, Singaporean and Thai markets. In November 2010, it sold its operations in Thailand - where it had 42 stores, including 34 hypermarkets - to Thai chain Big C, for an enterprise value of €868 million (S$1.36 billion).
But in the same month, it put off plans to sell its stores in Singapore and Malaysia, saying it was confident of creating more value single-handedly in Malaysia and Singapore in the medium and long term, rather than by disposing of those properties.
Then-Chief Executive Lars Olofsson of the Carrefour group said at that point that the two countries would become more significant contributors to the company's overall business. However, other reports claimed that Carrefour had cancelled plans to sell its Malaysia and Singapore assets after the designed sale did not attract expected bids.
In 2009, Asia accounted for 7.9 per cent of Carrefour's sales of €85.9 billion. Carrefour's two outlets in Singapore contributed €85 million in revenue that year, according to its annual report.
可惜!!!
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