Retail
Company Profile
Metro in France: Local Profile
Reference code: RT0171LP
Published: April 2012
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 What is this Report About? ................................................................................................................5
1.2 Scope................................................................................................................................................5
2 Metro France – Company Profile ......................................................................................... 6
2.1 Company Overview ...........................................................................................................................6
2.2 Business Description .........................................................................................................................6
2.2.1 Store formats ......................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2.2 Services ................................................................................................................................................ 7
2.2.3 Private labels ......................................................................................................................................... 8
2.3 Events and History ............................................................................................................................9
3 Metro France – Key Information......................................................................................... 10
3.1 Financial Performance ....................................................................................................................10
3.2 Operational Performance ................................................................................................................11
3.2.1 Store count .......................................................................................................................................... 11
3.2.2 Sales per store .................................................................................................................................... 12
3.2.3 Sales per square meter........................................................................................................................ 13
3.2.4 Revenue per employee ........................................................................................................................ 14
3.2.5 Employees per thousand square meters .............................................................................................. 15
3.3 Key Employees ...............................................................................................................................16
4 Metro France – Corporate Strategy ................................................................................... 17
4.1 Focus on Sales and Multichannel Operations .................................................................................17
4.2 Consumer Centric Approach and Local Product Assortment ...........................................................17
5 Metro France – News ..........................