France’s Carrefour Mulls Exit from CEE, Including Romania

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French group Carrefour, which has been seeking its direction and implicitly a sustainable business model on a steadily changing retail market for some time, is contemplating exiting Central and Eastern Europe, including Romania, several market sources told ZF.
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