Carrefour China to Add 20 Stores and 10,000 Employees in 2006 (update)

Actually, lower-level employees in new stores will come from the labor market. Moreover, Carrefour China is considering hiring middle-level managers in public. Previously, the company generally promoted internal employees to middle and senior managers.

Carrefour, a global leading retailer, has opened 71 stores in China and the latest one started operation on January 20, 2006 in Shanghai. Wal-Mart China, a powerful rival of Carrefour, has created 42 stores in the country while Germany-based Metro Group, another global leading retailer, has just had 29 stores.