Côte d’Ivoire
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CFAO brings Carrefour’s Supeco banner to sub-Saharan Africa
On April 27th, CFAO (Carrefour’s regional franchisee) brought the hard-discount Supeco banner to West Africa, opening a store in a former cinema in the Senegalese capital of Dakar. This marks the beginning of the strategic shift towards smaller stores and lower-income consumers that CFAO Retail CEO Jean-Christophe Brindeau spoke of in January (see our previous
30th April 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ivory Coast
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CFAO pivots from hypermarkets to hybrid-markets in West Africa
Multinational conglomerate CFAO has brought the Carrefour brand to Senegal, opening a 1,800m² Carrefour Market in Dakar, what head of CFAO Retail Jean-Christophe Brindeau described as a “soft launch.” Brindeau also signalled a shift in CFAO’s West African strategy away from hypermarkets and towards a new hybrid banner. CFAO is planning to bring the Supeco
24th January 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Cameroon - Cote d'Ivoire - DR Congo - Gabon - Nigeria - Senegal
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Mall culture percolates down the Ivorian income scale
During late October, Cosmos shopping mall opened its doors in the Abidjan suburb of Yopougon – the fourth mall to open in Côte d’Ivoire in the past three years. Developed by HC Capital Properties, it has a GLA of 14,000m². Cheick Sanankoua, co-founder and managing partner of HC Capital Properties, noted that successful mall openings
18th December 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Cote d'Ivoire