Protests were staged outside Carrefour stores in Beijing and four other Chinese cities today (1 May), however, the French retailer told just-food that it is too early to assess the impact these demonstrations will have on sales.
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“Protests were staged outside stores in Beijing, Changsha, Fuzhou, Chongqing and Shenyang,” a Carrefour spokesperson told just-food. “It is too early to see the overall extent that sales will be damaged, but certainly sales at the affected stores have dropped.”
Just-food learnt yesterday that Chinese consumers have been urged to boycott the French retailer on Monday, which is a holiday in China.
This has led Carrefour to cancel planned sales and marketing activity.
