French retailers Auchan and Casino have announced their intention to set up a joint venture to offer retail and trading services to international customers.

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The venture, provisionally titled International Retail and Trade Services, will target multinational suppliers that already negotiate business deals internationally, as well as small and medium-sized businesses that want to develop outside their domestic markets, reported Dow Jones International.


The two companies will each control a 50% stake in the new venture.

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