Carrefour

Carrefour has established itself as one of the largest grocery players in France and one of the biggest retailers in the world since its inception in 1958. It was the first retailer in Europe to open a hypermarket, launching its first store in that format outside Paris in 1963. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Carrefour and the grocery sector.

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News
Morrisons raids Lidl, Asda and Carrefour for new senior team roles
28 February 2025By Ellis Hawthorne
Morrisons has hired three new senior leadership team members and promoted two others.
Innovation of the Week
Innovation round-up: Hologram training, reviving the metaverse, palm payments and more
19 August 2024By Lisa Byfield-Green
Here we bring you our summer roundup of innovations that caught our attention over the past three months.
Innovation of the Week
Carrefour trials palm payments in store
29 July 2024
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.

More on Carrefour

Analysis

AI, customer experience and dream teams – the key talking points from Paris

24 April 2024By Chloe Mills

As more than 800 retail leaders from around the world gathered to inspire and be inspired at WRC 2024, Retail Week highlights some of the key takeaways from the congress in Paris

Innovation of the Week

From next-gen AI to Apple Vision Pro: 13 global retail innovations shaking up the industry

4 April 2024By Lisa Byfield-Green

Here we bring you the latest quarterly roundup of 13 innovations that caught our attention over the past three months, from ways to protect store staff to Apple’s latest device and an explosion of new AI tools.

Carrefour teams up with Netflix to enhance loyalty programme
22 January 2024
Carrefour warns shoppers with ‘shrinkflation’ signs
15 September 2023By Ellis Hawthorne
Four of the biggest innovations coming out of global retail
24 August 2023Promotional research for Informatica
Carrefour launches customer data platform for third-party brands
15 June 2021By George MacDonald

Analysis: Why the Tesco-Carrefour partnership failed to meet expectations
11 June 2021By Hugh Radojev
Tesco and Carrefour to sever partnership after three years
7 June 2021By Hugh Radojev
Analysis: Can Walmart and Kroger really beat Amazon at its own game?
21 August 2020By Hugh Radojev
Thierry Garnier: ‘In a crisis, speed, agility and empowerment beat perfection’
5 August 2020By Thierry Garnier

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