Carrefour announces 3rd Quarter Sales Incl. VAT (AcT)
Malgré une conjoncture économique faible, l'amélioration du chiffre d'affaires à périmètre constant en France, des acquisitions stratégiques et une expansion interne rapide ont permis, au troisième trimestre, une augmentation des ventes pro forma du groupe de 5,1 % hors change de devises (+7,2 % change de devises inclus)
Les ventes en France ont augmenté de 2,4 %. Carrefour continu d'acquérir des parts de marché alimentaires.
Les ventes hors du marché français ont augmenté de 8,3 %.
Despite a very weak economic environment, improving like for likes in France, tactical acquisitions, and faster organic growth, have led to an increase in Q3 pro forma group sales ex-currency of 5.1% (+7.2% inc. currency)
Sales in France increased 2.4%. Carrefour continues to win food market share
Sales outside France increased by 8.3%
| THIRD QUARTER 2005 | 9 MONTHS 2005 | |||||||||||
| Sales Incl. VAT (m€) | Like for like (%) | Expan-sion (%) | Total Ex. Currency (%) | Curre-ncies (%) | Total (%) | Sales Incl. VAT (m€) | Like for like (%) | Expan -sion (%) | Total Ex. Currency (%) | Curre-ncies (%) | Total (%) | |
| FRANCE | 10 085 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 28 996 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| EUROPE ex Fce | 7 887 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 22 650 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| LATIN AMERICA | 1 663 | 2.3 | 8.7 | 11.0 | 21.1 | 32.0 | 4 456 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 10.3 | 11.7 | 22.0 |
| ASIA | 1 642 | 0.5 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 4.5 | 18.7 | 4 635 | 3.7 | 14.2 | 17.9 | 1.2 | 19.2 |
| TOTAL | 21 276 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 60 738 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 5.6 |
In the third quarter, Carrefour pro forma group sales, including VAT, but ex-currency, grew 5.1%. Including currency, sales grew 7.2%. On reported Q3 2004 numbers, sales growth was 2.7% ex currency and 4.7% including currency respectively ( Mexico , Japan , Prodirest, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have been deconsolidated as of the 1 st January 2005 ).
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