Carrefour S.A. operates within the Grocery stores sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Carrefour S.A. with three other companies in this sector in France: Rallye (2012 sales of 42.66 billion Euro [US$54.84 billion] ), Finatis (42.67 billion Euro [US$54.84 billion] ), and Fonciere Euris SA (42.67 billion Euro [US$54.84 billion] ).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2012, sales at Carrefour S.A. were 78.46 billion Euro (US$100.85 billion). This is a decrease of 3.5% versus 2011, when the company's sales were 81.27 billion Euro. The sales level in 2012 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2007, Carrefour S.A. had sales of 82.15 billion Euro. Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 12.5% decline in Asia, from 7.31 billion Euro to 6.40 billion Euro. There were also decreases in sales in Europe (down 11.9% to 20.87 billion Euro) . However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of France (up 0.5% to 35.34 billion Euro) .
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