Malaysia Officials Say Carrefour Intends To Sell 23 Stores In Malaysia
According to Agence France-Presse,
Malaysia
Mukhriz Mahathir, Vice Minister of trade, said on Monday that the French retail giant Carrefour plans to sell its Malaysia business department, after which there have been market reports that Carrefour is trying to sell its stores in Singapore and Thailand to withdraw from the South Asian market.
"We learned that Carrefour is considering divest the company's business units in some countries and its ultimate goal is to restructure overseas business assets," Mr. Moore said in an interview with Agence France-Presse on Monday.
In addition, Carrefour hopes to sell its 23 stores in Malaysia, while other large supermarket operators have shown strong interest in this.
Carrefour
Low Ngai Yuen, head of marketing and communications department, declined to comment on the report.
Yeah Kim Leng, chief economist of RAM Consultancy Services in Kuala Lumpur, said Carrefour's withdrawal from the South Asian market is a foregone conclusion.
He said: "Carrefour hopes to withdraw from the South Asian market rumors have existed for a long time.
At present, Carrefour is trying to sell Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore business sector is an open secret. "
According to Yeah, Carrefour hopes to consolidate its overseas business by selling assets, and adjust the focus of the industry to invest more resources in the more promising India market.
He said: "the rapid expansion of the middle class group in India has led Carrefour to see a good opportunity for the development of the company."
Malaysia's New Straits Times said last month that Carrefour has priced $1 billion for its Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand businesses.
However, Yeah said that although the profit outlook of Malaysia's supermarket operations is not comparable to that of the India market, Carrefour is still able to get a good return from the Malaysia market.
He said: "the Malaysia supermarket market is full of vitality and competitiveness.
Under this premise, we believe that there will be many large supermarket giants hoping to acquire Carrefour assets.
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It is reported that the current attempt
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Potential buyers of Carrefour's Malaysia business unit include Tesco, Japan's Jusco and Dairy Farm's Giant.
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