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Brazil

Read our Country Profile on Brazil...

Top-ranking retailers    

Company name	Number of outlets	Net sales 2008 in EUR (mln)
Casino	533	5,508
Carrefour	493	4,763
Wal-Mart	323	2,686
SHV Makro	57	1,371
Coop Cooperativa de Consumo	25	372
Zaffari	29	342
G.Barbosa	40	326
Cencosud	*80	120
Lojas Americanas	180	52

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Country Profile

Brazil: Financial stamina needed

After a setback in the early years of this decade, Brazil experienced an economic recovery in 2004 that – despite lower growth in 2005 – is expected to be structural. Leading multinational retailers Casino, Carrefour and Wal-Mart play a leading role in Brazil’s retail sector, which is also characterised by resilient structures of traditional and small retail units.
Elsevier Food International, Vol.9, Number 2, May 2006  Pascal Kuipers

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