GERMANY: Real, cash-and-carry help push Metro into red
By Dean Best | 3 May 2012
Metro Group's Real hypermarket and cash-and-carry divisions have contributed to the German retail giant losses widening in the first quarter of the year.
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Metro Group's Real hypermarket and cash-and-carry divisions have contributed to the German retail giant losses widening in the first quarter of the year.
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