FRANCE: SOFT DRINKS INSTALLATIONS AT CARREFOUR

Article Abstract:

The Carrefour retail chain has a new soft drinks department which ultimately will be found in all of its sales outlets. Bruno Dubecq, the head of Carrefour's liquids developments says that in 1999 it is continuing its rationalisation of its selection which it had undertaken. Therefore it has shed the Cherry Coke and decreased the number of iced tea products. Virgin Cola will still not be carried by Carrefour in 1999. Concerning the department's installation, Carrefour has decided to set up a space targeting children with small brick cartons of fruit juice at the end of the aisle, across from still soft drinks and carbonated soft drinks. The small brick cartons of fruit juice then will give way to pure orange juice and fruit juice, nectars and beverages made from orange juice concentrate, then other fruit juices ranked by flavour. The carbonated fruit beverages, sodas, lemonades, lime, tonic, ice tea and still drinks and lastly colas across from fruit juices.

Retail & services management

FRANCE: CARREFOUR'S OPERATION A SUCCESS

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Carrefour, the French retail group, organised its 'One Month Like You've Never Seen Before' operation simultaneously in sixteen different countries, and it was a real success. Carrefour's subsidiary in Portugal won market shares from its principal competitors, Jumbo-Auchan and Continent, while in Asia, Carrefour Taiwan posted a 36% rise in sales. This is Carrefour's first discount operation organised at the world level, and it required strict planning for orders and deliveries. The success of this operation is due also to the heavy media involvement in the event. In Spain, over FFr 40mn was spent on media, and over FFr 20mn was spent in Taiwan.

FRANCE: CARREFOUR RENOVATION IN SOUTH-EAST

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In 1999 Carrefour, the French retail group, is going to spend FFr 400mn, out of a total of FFr 11bn earmarked for renovation, on renovating its stores located in the south-east of France. This region has 20 Carrefour hypermarkets, and 13 in partnership with Guyenne et Gascogne and with Coop Atlantique. All of these stores will be renovated and will adopt the organisation of departments by category by the year 2002.