INSIGHT: Carrefour Russia exit “makes strategic sense” - analyst
By: just-food.com | 16 October 2009
Carrefour's surprise exit from Russia just four months after launching its first hypermarket in the country makes "strategic sense" for the company, a retail analyst claimed today (16 October).
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Carrefour's surprise exit from Russia just four months after launching its first hypermarket in the country makes "strategic sense" for the company, a retail analyst claimed today (16 October).
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