Carrefour’s discount operation Día has registered a 0.42 per cent fall in worldwide sales and a 1.72 per cent drop in sales in its core Spanish market during 2009, contrasting with the major growth achieved the previous year.
In a statement, the company revealed that sales in its global markets, which include France, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, China, Argentina and Brazil, as well as Spain, had decreased by 0.42 per cent to €10.5m.
In Spain, Día’s principal market, the discounter saw sales fall by 1.72 per cent, to €4.5m.
The 2009 results contrast sharply with the results achieved by Día only a year before, when the company recorded a 10 per cent growth in worldwide sales and a 11.9 per cent increase in sales in Spain compared with 2007.
During 2009, Día opened its first 42 stores in France, including 26 outlets that were rebranded from the Ed banner and a further 16 brand new supermarkets.
