Finally, my American friends will know something about Carrefour.
Don't worry, some of them are still trying to figure out the psychedelic logo.
Amazon eyes Carrefour acquisition
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#22I'm French, and I can tell you Carrefour is a very famous brand in France. So to me there is no way Amazon will buy it, I just don't see this being accepted by public opinion, and thus by the French government.
I'm French, and that's also the first thing I thought when I read this title. I really don't see this happening, knowing how the French government is anti us tech companies (remember when yahoo wanted to buy Dailymotion?)
Considering what Dailymotion became, I'm not sure protectionism was the right choice.
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#23Why would I, as a European, want to buy my groceries from an American company? It's not like the big shopping malls like Walmart or Costco are so appealing. Surely we can manage a suitable groceries network on our own.
Costco is very appealing. Have you ever been?
Might be for the way American do groceries, and usually in Europe people are way more attracted by local, smaller scale stores and buy food almost exclusively day by day.
So no, something like Costco where you can buy everything at 10x the scale to save some bucks might not be as appealing for the european market, which is more into local, healthy alternatives, despite being more expensive.
source: I lived half my life in America, half in Europe.
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#24> "Cheuvreux analysts as saying that dispite these rumours, they still feel a collaboration with Google would be more probable for Carrefour than an acquisition by Amazon." I wonder why they think that? What could collaboration with Google bring?
Maybe they think google shopping express is still a thing :D
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm French, and that's also the first thing I thought when I read this title. I really don't see this happening, knowing how the French government is anti us tech companies (remember when yahoo wanted to buy Dailymotion?)
Considering what Dailymotion became, I'm not sure protectionism was the right choice.
I'm definitely against it - just stating the facts!
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#26I'm French, and I can tell you Carrefour is a very famous brand in France. So to me there is no way Amazon will buy it, I just don't see this being accepted by public opinion, and thus by the French government.
> I just don't see this being accepted by public opinion, and thus by the French government
Do they have a word to say on the issue?
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#27Why would I, as a European, want to buy my groceries from an American company? It's not like the big shopping malls like Walmart or Costco are so appealing. Surely we can manage a suitable groceries network on our own.
Your comment points to the fact that the globalisation project we've embarked on for close to 70 years is either sick or dying... What does it matter if the company still employs Europeans and supports local economies?
It matters because we want control.
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#29Carrefour is a big chain. About 12,000 stores. About 20x as many stores as Whole Foods. Most of them are convenience stores. That would give Amazon a very visible brick-and-mortar presence in Europe, approaching 7-11 in the US.
A chain of convenience stores is useful to Amazon. They'll all get Amazon Lockers, of course. You'll be able to get everything Amazon sells at those stores, if you just order ahead. They'll probably have same-day delivery to their own stores.
Small scale retail in France is going to take a big hit from this.
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#30Why would I, as a European, want to buy my groceries from an American company? It's not like the big shopping malls like Walmart or Costco are so appealing. Surely we can manage a suitable groceries network on our own.
> the big shopping malls like Walmart or Costco I guess that's one way of thinking about them. If you haven't, I hope you never have the displeasure of visiting an actual American shopping mall.
They really aren't all that different from shopping malls in other countries. Or, at least, Europe + Mexico