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10. Carrefour, France: 440,479

Carrefour is a French hypermarket chain with outlets worldwide. Carrefour means 'crossroads' in French.


It is the largest hypermarket chain in terms of size, and the second largest retail group in revenue and third largest in profit after Wal-Mart and Tesco.
Carrefour operates mainly in Europe, China, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and in the Dominican Republic, but also has shops in North Africa and other parts of Asia.


The first Carrefour store opened in June 1957, in suburban Annecy.
The group was created by Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey and grew into a chain from this first sales outlet. In 1999 it merged with Promodes, known as Continent, one of its major competitors in the French market.



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