French supermarket giant Carrefour is to invest 30m reals (US$8.6m) in a second hypermarket in the Brazilian city of Santo Andre, Sao Paulo.

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The store will directly employ 400 people, as well as providing work for 1,600 people indirectly, reported the Gazeta Mercantil.

Carrefour is the world’s second-largest grocery retailer after Wal-Mart, and operates over 9,000 stores worldwide.

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