Carrefour plans to handle 5,000 customers daily
11.03.2015,
15:39
French retail hypermarket Carrefour that has opened a store in Yerevan today plans to handle about 5,000 customers daily, Christian de Nale, head of Carrefour Armenia said. The official opening of the store in Yerevan Mall was attended by President Serzh Sargsyan.
YEREVAN, March 11. / ARKA /. French retail hypermarket Carrefour that has opened a store in Yerevan today plans to handle about 5,000 customers daily, Christian de Nale, head of Carrefour Armenia said. The official opening of the store in Yerevan Mall was attended by President Serzh Sargsyan.
"Our goods will be cheaper than those of our competitors. Besides, we will give preference to Armenian products, first of all foods. A look on our shelves is a proof of that," said de Nale.
He said the Carrefour store in Yerevan is cooperating with Armenian ministry of agriculture in order to sell Armenian goods through Carrefour stores around the world.
He said Carrefour plans to open more stores ‘because a city like Yerevan needs several such hypermarkets.’
The agreement between Carrefour and Yerevan Mall was signed in May 2014 in the presence of President Sargsyan and French President Francois Hollande, who was on a visit to Armenia.
Carrefour SA is a French retail trade company, the world’s second biggest chain of hypermarket after Wal-Mart.
According to the National Statistical Service, Armenia's trade with France in 2014 saw a 21 percent rise from the previous year to about $85 million. Armenian exports to France slashed by 23% to about $5 million, while imports surged by 24.3% to $79.8 million.-0-
