Only five hypermarket units have opened in 2010

The expansion of hypermarkets has almost frozen this fall: Carrefour, Real and Auchan networks – the most expansive retailers prior to 2009 – will not inaugurate any stores in the fourth quarter, 2010 becoming the year with the fewest hypermarkets opened. New hypermarkets used to open each fall as retailers wanted to catch the highest sale period at the end of the year with most stores opened. On the background of a lack of financing for new commercial centers and of a consumption ...

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