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42-436: The development includes a five-story shopping mall including a 150,000 sqft. Carrefour , 6 story office tower and a 267-room four-star hotel. The project is owned by multinational organization Giga Group. The complex opened on August 17, 2016. The WTC Islamabad building was initially intended to be a 5 Towers High Rise Building. However, the design was later changed to a Low Rise Single Tower Building. The conceptual design of

84-506: A 'Priority Construction Zone' in Villaine 10 years later was intended to even out the town's urbanisation. This abrupt development of the town also modified its social structure: rejuvenation of the population, arrival of foreigners, etc. During the 1960s and 1970s, questions are raised about rapid urban development: housing problems and shantytowns, lack of public resources, requalification of certain factory sites, delinquency, etc. To satisfy

126-538: A Family Mall Carrefour Department store in Sulaymaniyah . Along with several other international brands, as of June 2023, Carrefour has planned to opened another branch in the capital Baghdad. Also on October 3rd 2024, Carrefour has opened its h biggest store in Iraq located in the capital Baghdad for the 1st time. In March 2022, Carrefour signed a franchising agreement with Electra Consumer Products to discontinue

168-765: A period of two months. To express his gratitude to his personnel in the field, he has decided to offer an exceptional bonus of €1,000 net to 85,000 employees in France. The headquarters of the Groupe Carrefour is in Massy , in the Paris metropolitan area . In 2019, the former Carrefour head office of Boulogne-Billancourt and the Carrefour France division office of Courcouronnes , Essonne, near Évry , were combined at that major location. A secondary head office

210-469: A preferred supermarket option in the capital of the Dominican Republic. The Carrefour Foundation ( Fondation d'Enterprise Carrefour ) is a philanthropic fund created by Carrefour in 2000 to support social welfare programmes 'linked to [its] core business as a retailer' in countries the company operates and in countries where its suppliers are located. On 1 May 2007, more than 30 employees of

252-465: A short period of time, transforming from a large borough of 6,000 inhabitants in 1950 to a town exceeding 37,000 inhabitants in 1968. Since then, its population of around 40,000 has remained relatively stable. Its population grew again after 2000 because of new constructions. The inhabitants of Massy are known as Massicois . Massy is served by two interchange stations on Paris RER line B and RER line C : Massy–Verrières and Massy–Palaiseau . There

294-510: A small French start-up, Expliceat, on a trial basis. In January 2018, Alexandre Bompard announced a strategic plan for the company, entitled "Carrefour 2022", that seeks to make Carrefour the "leader of the food transition for all". The plan includes measures for better food and package sustainability, limitation of food waste , development of organic products, e-commerce partnerships, and two billion euros in annual investments from 2018 as well as organisational and cost reduction measures. In

336-781: A subsidiary of the Teleunicom group. In 2001, Carrefour entered the Romanian market, expanded into 43 stores. It is one of the top retailers in Romania . The company operates in Spain under the name of Centros Comerciales Carrefour SA. As of 2019, Carrefour Spain is the 15th most important Spanish company by revenue. Eight years after bankruptcy (2016), Carrefour returned to Bulgaria. As of June 2024, there are stores open in Varna, Sofia and Burgas. In December 2023 Carrefour has announced

378-919: A venue formerly held by a Monop' hypermarket. In June 2018, a third outlet opened at the Tower Center mall in Zouk Mosbeh . In February 2019, a fourth Carrefour, and the first supermarket format venue, opened within the Aley District . The fourth Carrefour is considered a major step for the company's expansion in Lebanon. On 1 March 2022, Carrefour opened in City Centre Me'aisem in Dubai its first Bio store. Around 605 stores are in operation in Argentina as of 2021 . Carrefour Brasil,

420-481: Is also a TGV station, called Massy TGV , which is adjacent to Massy – Palaiseau station and is one of only three specially-built TGV stations in the suburbs of Paris (the two others are at Disneyland Resort Paris and at Charles de Gaulle Airport ). The etymological origin of Massy is still very dubious. This name could result from the name of an owner of a villa of the Gallo-Roman time, original site of

462-749: Is divided into two cantons: The canton of Massy-Est contains 18,316 inhabitants; The canton of Massy-Ouest contains 19,396 inhabitants. Massy has a professional sports team in Rugby ( Rugby Club Massy Essonne , playing Federal 1, third level of Rugby in France) and Handball ( Massy Essonne HandBall , playing in ProLigue, second level of Handball in France). Massy has one association football team in FC Massy 91 . Massy also has major sports associations in climbing and swimming. On 1 July 2010 Alstom inaugurated

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504-567: Is located in Mondeville , near Caen (Normandy), which was until 1999 the former Promodès headquarters. In France, Carrefour operates under its name over 230 hypermarkets (from 2500 up to 23000 sq m sales area), 1020 Carrefour Market supermarkets (generally from 1000 up to 4000 sq m), and over 2000 smaller supermarkets and convenience stores under the Carrefour City, Carrefour Contact and Carrefour Express banners. Carrefour also owns

546-960: Is located in Victoria Mall in Entebbe . West and Central Africa In 2013, Carrefour and the CFAO Group signed a contract for the opening of stores in West and Central Africa. With the first hypermarket opening on Playce Shopping Mall in Abidjan on 2015, Carrefour also has another hypermarket on Yaoundé . In 2009, Carrefour opened its first hypermarket in Lahore in a joint venture with Majid Al Futtaim Group , where it achieved 1 billion Pakistani rupees in revenues in its first year. It attracted more than 1 million customers every month. On 14 November 2011, Hyperstar opened its second hypermarket in

588-644: The Yeinot Bitan and Mega Ba'ir chains of stores and rebrand them as Carrefour branches. In July 2023, Carrefour stated that it would not be opening branches in the West Bank. On 4 April 2013, Majid al Futtaim inaugurated a Carrefour hypermarket at their City Centre Beirut mall, in the Hazmieh suburb of Beirut . In September 2017, a second Carrefour outlet opened at the CityMall Dora, replacing

630-631: The "return of stores and products" of its brand in Bulgaria through the Greek franchisee Retail & More, which will provide "sub-franchising of the Carrefour brand" for at least around 20 stores. Majid Al Futtaim has handled the Carrefour operations in the Middle East and North Africa region since 1995, as the company opened the region's first hypermarket at City Centre Deira – it initially

672-719: The Kenyan retail chain Nakumatt . In September 2021 Carrefour signed an agreement with Shoprite of South Africa for the former to take over six stores that the latter would vacate in Uganda. This has increased Carrefour's presence in the country significantly. As of 2023, there are six outlets located in Kampala: Acacia Mall (Kissimenti), Arena Mall ( Nsambya ), Lugogo Mall ( Nakawa ), Metroplex ( Naalya ), Oasis Mall ( Nakasero and Village Mall ( Bugolobi ). One outlet

714-619: The Promocash Cash&;Carry chain (130 locations) and supplies 1500 independent small food stores under the Proxi banner. It has recently acquired the organic food chains SoBio and Bio C'Bon to boost its presence in this promising segment. In 2019, the group launched its first Supeco soft discount stores, which are so far all located in the French Northern region Hauts-de-France. The concept is still being assessed. By 2024,

756-478: The Second World War, was the town's oldest industry. It is with the beginning of the 20th century that the face of Massy changes: from being a rural village, it transforms into a town increasing subjected to the attraction of Paris. Once with a population of just 1,400 people, nowadays, the town of Massy holds almost 40,000 inhabitants. At the end of the 19th century, the development of railways supported

798-425: The building came from British architectural firm Atkins. The detailed design was done by Arch Vision Plus. Groundbreaking for construction of WTC Islamabad took place on 21 Jan 2008. The project was contracted to a joint consortium of IJM Gulf Malaysia, Mazyood Giga International, and NESPAK . Extensive use of prefabricated components under the supervision of Structure Designer Mr. Orangzaib Alam Khan helped speed up

840-580: The coastal city of Mombasa . In May 2021 it opened another branch of Carrefour Market in Garden City Mall along the Thika superhighwaty. It also has a branch at Westgate Mall previously occupied by ShopRite. Carrefour operates multiple stores in the Ugandan capital city of Kampala and Entebbe . The anchor clients are located at Oasis Mall and Metroplex and are in spaces previously occupied by

882-503: The company was convicted of selling products below cost and accepting kickbacks from wholesalers. Carrefour was ordered to pay a fine of €2 million and to prominently and legibly display a notice in all of its French stores disclosing the false advertising. In Carrefour Mangga Dua Square in Jakarta, Indonesia, a 5-metre high metal rack fell on top of a 3-year-old boy, killing him almost instantly due to internal bleeding. Afterwards,

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924-609: The construction of industries. The first allotments were born at the beginning of the century. The city's urbanisation developed towards the districts of the Gravels and Villaine, where it was necessary to establish a school as early as 1927. It is the era of the “suburban house”. During the Second World War , the marshalling yard of Massy–Palaiseau was considered a strategic rail junction. The bombardments of these infrastructures caused 88 victims and material damage throughout

966-414: The construction process. Carrefour Carrefour Group , S.A. ( French : Groupe Carrefour , [kaʁfuʁ] ), is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy , France. It operates a chain of hypermarkets , grocery stores and convenience stores . By 2024, the group had 14,000 stores in 40 countries. It is the seventh-largest retailer in

1008-571: The country in Karachi . On 22 March 2016, it expanded its operations to Islamabad by opening a 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m ) hypermarket in World Trade Center Islamabad . Since 20 December 2018, MAF has rebranded Hyperstar to Carrefour across Pakistan. It has plans to expand its stores to other cities including Gujranwala , Multan and Hyderabad . As of June 2019, the group had already invested ₨ 8 billion and

1050-437: The dividend proposed for 2019. The dividend is now €0.69 per share (versus €0.46 per share). Until the end of the year, Alexandre Bompard and all the members of Carrefour Group's board of directors have decided to waive 25% of their director's fees. These savings will be used to finance solidarity actions for the company's employees, both in France and abroad. Alexandre Bompard has decided to waive 25% of his fixed salary for

1092-483: The exceptional context of the COVID-19 pandemic , Carrefour is the first retailer to join C'est qui le Patron ? initiative to share its additional incomes related to COVID-19 to support people who are suffering from the current situation. According to co-founder Nicolas Chabanne, 100,000 euros have been paid out, then 50,000 euros each week until 11 May. Carrefour's Board of Directors has decided to reduce by 50%

1134-537: The forest and the numerous stretches of water in the surrounding area. During the Middle Ages and until the end of the Ancien Régime , the lordly estates divided up the territory of the current commune, assigning a majority part to the ecclesiastical institutions and in particular the abbey of St-Germain-des-Prés . In the 10th century, the line of the lords of Massy was established; their title of nobility

1176-582: The group had 14,000 stores in 40 countries. Carrefour has 20 outlets in Kenya, largely located in the suburbs of Nairobi . The retailer's expansion into Kenya has benefited from the failure of previously dominant supermarket chains such as Nakumatt and Uchumi as Carrefour rushed in to occupy the retail spaces and market share they vacated. The retailer is the anchor client of The Hub Karen Mall where it opened its first Kenyan store in May 2016. A second outlet

1218-627: The largest market outside France, was founded in 1975 and today is the major supermarket chain in Brazil in competition with Grupo Pão de Açúcar . Currently it sells more than 25 million products per year. Carrefour Dominican Republic, opened its first store in Santo Domingo in 2000 and it has expanded to other smaller stores in the city called Carrefour Market and Carrefour City with a total of five (5) stores in 2023. Because of its popular products and accessible prices, Carrefour has remained as

1260-573: The nations capital Ulaanbataar , with the partnership of Altan Joloo. As of 26 May 2023, it has four stores. In 1999, Carrefour entered the Greek market in collaboration with Marinopoulos S.A. Carrefour stopped operating in Greece in 2017 due to its acquisition by the Sklavenitis group. The company reopened in the country in May 2022, and the reactivation of the Carrefour brand in the market will be done in collaboration with Retail & more S.A.,

1302-445: The needs for this new population, many new infrastructures were created such as schools, hospitals, sports centres, swimming pools, arts centres, nurseries and parks. The establishment of a TGV station in 1991 is an asset for the economic development of the city. Nowadays, certain amenities have an influence which exceeds the communal and departmental circles, in particular opera and theatre. (Author: Municipal archives of Massy). Massy

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1344-528: The now-closed Carrefour Ratu Plaza, Jakarta , Indonesia , were taken to the Pertamina Central Hospital after being affected by carbon monoxide . The hypermarket was located in the mall's basement, which offered insufficient ventilation. On 26 June 2007, the company was convicted in a French court for false advertising. The suit alleged that Carrefour regularly stocked insufficient quantities of advertised products for sale. In addition,

1386-512: The supermarket concept of Carrefour Planet in Western Europe . In April 2015, Brazilian businessman Abílio Diniz revealed he was in talks to raise his 5.07 per cent stake in Carrefour and has the support of shareholders to take a board seat. On 9 June 2017, the board of directors chose Alexandre Bompard as the new chairman and chief executive officer of Carrefour with effect as of 18 July 2017. In 2017, Carrefour began working with

1428-415: The town. In the post-war period, the reconstruction and development of the parisian agglomeration and its suburbs metamorphosed the town's geography. The housing crisis provoked an outrage, thus the "castor" movement established some residences in the east of the city. The establishment of a housing scheme on 145 hectares of the communes of Massy-Antony caused the population of Massy to double. The creation of

1470-430: The victim's family claimed that Carrefour has refused to meet with them to settle the case. However, a Carrefour Corporate Affairs Officer denied this allegation. Massy, Essonne Massy ( French pronunciation: [masi] ) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris , France . It is located 14.7 kilometres (9.1 mi) from the center of Paris . Massy underwent rapid development within

1512-474: The village. Called Matius or Matheus, the name of his property then village would have been subjected to deformations due to language and the passing of time to become Massy. Located near the road between Paris and Chartres, the villa was undoubtedly built on a height (the Gaudon Mount) and formed the starting point of a human establishment. The argillaceous subsoil explains the formation of a clearing within

1554-595: The world by revenue. The first Carrefour shop (not a hypermarket) opened in 1960, within suburban Annecy , near a crossroads (hence the name ― carrefour means crossroads in French). The group was created in 1958 by Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey, who attended and were influenced by several seminars in the United States led by "the Pope of retail", Bernardo Trujillo . The Carrefour group

1596-504: Was a Continent-branded store before it converted to Carrefour four years later. As of 2020, Majid Al Futtaim operates over 320 Carrefour stores in 16 countries, serving more than 750,000 customers daily and employing over 37,000 workers. In February 2009, MAF opened its first store in Iran, called Iran Hyper Star . Majid al Futtaim opened the first Carrefour in Erbil in 2011. There is also

1638-833: Was looking to invest another ₨ 40 billion in Pakistan. It is operating at least seven hypermarkets (three in Lahore, two in Karachi, one in Islamabad and one in Faisalabad 's Lyallpur Galleria) and one superstore in Pakistan. In 2020, Carrefour Taiwan announced they would acquire 199 Wellcome and 25 Jasons Market Place stores from Dairy Farm International . In 2022, Carrefour announced that it sold 60% equity of Carrefour Taiwan to Uni-President Enterprises Corporation. On 17 February 2023, Carrefour opened its first two stores in

1680-766: Was opened at Two Rivers Mall in March 2017, soon followed by a third store the Thika Road Mall in November 2017. The fourth outlet was opened at the Junction Mall along Ngong Road in January 2018; the fifth at Sarit Center in April 2018. In June 2020, Carrefour opened a new store along Uhuru Highway. In September 2020, Carrefour announced plans to continue its expansion efforts by opening three branches in

1722-650: Was the first in Europe to open a hypermarket: a large supermarket and a department store under the same roof. They opened their first hypermarket on 15 June 1963 in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois , near Paris. In September 2009, Carrefour updated its logo. In May 2011, Carrefour reviewed its business situation under conditions of stagnant growth and increasing competition in France from rivals including Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA , and decided to invest €1.5  billion ($ 2.22  billion) to introduce

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1764-635: Was to become a barony (nowadays the Grimaldi-Monaco family ). Before 1900, the history of the city was similar to that of the rural boroughs of Île-de-France . After the Revolution , the town remained rural. The population followed an evolution identical to that of the rest of the region. It underwent the same wars, epidemics and rebellions. The Massicois practiced mainly agricultural trades (gardeners, vine growers), even if local arts and crafts were always present. The tile factory, abandoned after

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