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Carrefour and Walmart are each from that country?

Carrefour is French and Wal-Mart is American.

France Carrefour Group was founded in 1959, is the founder of the concept of large-scale general supermarkets, is Europe's first, the world's second multinational retail enterprises; in more than 30 countries around the world to operate nearly 10,000 retail stores, which operates a variety of formats: large-scale general supermarkets, supermarkets, discount stores, convenience stores, and membership system of retail stores, to provide customers with a complete range of low-priced products and a full range of services. In 2012, Carrefour Group was ranked 39th among the Fortune 500 companies.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was founded in 1962 by Mr. Sam Walton, an American retailing legend. Wal-Mart was founded in Arkansas in 1962 by Mr. Sam Walton, a legendary American retailer. After more than 50 years of development, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has become the world's largest private employer and retail chain, and has repeatedly been ranked as the top of the Fortune 500 list and selected as one of the Most Valuable Brands.

Expanded Information:

Walmart's business types around the world are four main types of businesses: Walmart shopping malls, Sam's Club stores, Walmart stores, and Walmart community stores. Currently, Walmart has two main formats in China: Walmart shopping plazas and Sam's Club stores.

The Carrefour Group leads the market with three main business formats: hypermarkets, supermarkets and discount stores. In addition, Carrefour has developed convenience stores and membership stores in a number of countries.

The Group's after-tax sales increased to 72.668 billion euros in 2004, with a total of more than 430,000 employees.

References:

Carrefour official website-Company Profile

Walmart official website-About Walmart