Carrefour, the second best retailer in the world

According to the study by Deloitte, Carrefour reaches the 2nd place ranking of the 250 largest retailers with a turnover of 112.6 billion dollars. The French group is still far outpaced by the U.S. giant Wal Mart (375 billion dollars in sales in 2007). Tesco is English (95 billion dollars in sales) who completes the podium.
Even if the top three is unchanged from 2008, the 2009 edition of the Champions distribution reveals many changes. Deloitte noted that discounters are benefiting from the economic crisis and lower consumer spending. Thus, the German group Schwarz (owner of Lidl stores) has won three seats compared to the previous edition and is the 7th ranking. His compatriot Aldi (10th) joined this year's top ten.
Another major trend: the rise of distribution groups from emerging countries. "Four of the six distributors have experienced the strongest growth in five years come from the emerging countries," says Deloitte citing the example of Russian specialist electronics Euroset. Between 2002 and 2007, the turnover of the retailer rose by 108.5%.