Carrefour to buy 51% of hypermarket firm Baolongcang

  • July 16, 2010
  • source: just-food

French retail giant Carrefour has signed an agreement to acquire 51% of Chinese hypermarket operator Baolongcang.The founders of Baolongcang, one of the main hypermarket operators in Hebei, near Beijing, will keep a 49% stake in the 11-store chain.

The acquisition has been approved by local competition commission authorities.

In 2009, Baolongcang’s stores posted CNY1.06bn (US$156.4m) sales excluding taxes.

Carrefour said yesterday (15 July) the acquisition highlights its efforts to “strengthen its presence in the growth markets where it holds a leading position”.

Carrefour, the world’s second-largest retailer, already operates 156 hypermarkets and 360 hard discount stores in the country.

Meanwhile, Carrefour also reported its second-quarter and first-half sales figures.

The numbers included a 5.7% increase in second-quarter like-for-like sales in China. Over the first six months of 2010, Carrefour’s like-for-like sales in China rose 5%.

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