In the second quarter, Carrefour’s sales increased 7.3% in Romania (up 0.3% on a like-for-like basis ex-calendar, +8.4% at current exchange rates), to EUR288 million, the group said.
First half sales were mainly influenced by the currency exchange rates, with a negative impacxt of 1.4%.
The Carrefour group posted worldwide sales of EUR44.55 billion in the first half of this year, up 2.7% on the same interval of 2010.
Second quarter sales stood at EUR22.4 billion, up 1.6% on the year.
Carrefour has been active in Romania for more than 10 years, and it is the largest local operator of hypermarkets. The company holds 23 hypermarkets and 36 supermarkets nationwide.