1. Carrefour

Carrefour (Carrefour means "crossroads" in French, because the first Carrefour supermarket operating since 1963 was somewhere in France Next to the intersection, the store is also the smallest Carrefour store in the world. The current chairman is Luc Vandevelde, who was born in Belgium; the general manager is José Luis Duran, the corporate icon. The first appearance was in 1966. The design concept was taken from the French trademark initials C. A blue arrow extends from the right end of C and a red arrow extends from the left end, symbolizing that customers from all directions are constantly gathering towards Carrefour.

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Carrefour (founded in 1959, is the largest supermarket group in Europe. The first store opened in France in 1963. After merging with Promodes in 1999, it became Europe's largest supermarket group. The world's second largest retail group currently has more than 10,000 branches around the world. It currently operates in three main business formats: large-scale mass merchandisers, supermarkets and discount stores. In addition, Carrefour has also developed convenience stores and discount stores in some countries. Membership-based mass merchandisers, taking 2004 as an example, the group's after-tax sales increased to 72.668 billion euros, with a total number of employees of more than 430,000, ranking second only to Wal-Mart and ranking second among the world's mass merchandisers.

2 Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is from the United States and is the world's largest company (calculated in terms of turnover). It is a global chain enterprise and its shareholder is Walton. Family.

Wal-Mart is mainly involved in the retail industry. According to Wal-Mart's financial report, the company's fiscal year ended January 31, 2005, with a total turnover of US$285.2 billion, a net profit of US$10.3 billion, and a profit margin of US$10.3 billion. 3.6%. If Wal-Mart was considered a country, its revenue would rank 32nd in the world between Ukraine and Colombia. Wal-Mart is also the company with the largest number of employees in the world, with approximately 1.7 million employees worldwide. It is also the company with the largest number of employees in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It accounts for 8.9% of the total retail revenue in the United States. Wal-Mart ranks first among the Fortune 500 companies in the United States for three consecutive years.

Wal-mart mainly has four forms: Wal-Mart shopping malls, Sam's Club stores, Wal-Mart stores, and Wal-Mart community stores.

3. E-mart

E-mart

< p> Shinsegae Group established Korea's first department store in 1930. It announced direct operation in 1969, introduced a department store membership card system, and introduced discount supermarkets in 1993. It has always been the leader of Korea's distribution industry. As of June 2005, Pioneer operates 7 department stores and more than 70 discount supermarkets in Korea. It also operates 5 stores in China and operates more than 80 stores globally. It is a specialized distribution company.

As of the end of 2004, sales reached 6.5 trillion won, net profit was 600 billion won, and the total number of employees reached 16,383. Among Korean domestic companies, it ranks 13th in terms of sales, 12th in net profit, and 5th in total shares. Its credit rating is AA+, the highest among Korean distribution companies.

In the future, Shinsegae Group will By 2009, 9 department stores will be opened in South Korea, and 130 discount supermarkets will also open more than 25 E-Marts in China. Sales will reach 33 trillion won by 2012, making it one of the world's top 10 comprehensive distribution and retail companies.< /p>