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CARREFOUR REACHES ARMENIA: FRENCH HYPERMARKET OPENS AMID SPECULATION ABOUT IMPORTS
SOCIETY | 12.03.15 | 14:49
By SARA KHOJOYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
After two years of speculation and rumors, the French Carrefour
supermarket has opened in Armenia, although its arrival has been
met with skepticism about its promise that only five percent of its
products will be imported.
Enlarge Photo
Social networks commenters express doubt about 95 percent of the
products being produced in Armenia; some people even say that it is
a deception.
According to Aram Sargsyan, chairman of the Republic Party, no matter
how much Carrefour announces about its sales, it will not be able to
create the competition which will bring quality changes in the retail
market of Armenia.
The politician said that the hypermarket might not import itself,
but it might buy products from other importers, which will mean that
nothing will change.
"It would be very important for us if the company was allowed to
import 40-50 percent, but only this 5 percent threshold was set,
which means that they held long negotiations but in vain," Sargsyan
told reporters on Thursday.
According to sociologist Aharon Adibekyan, Carrefour in Armenia opened
more to advertise itself rather than to make profit, because one
supermarket cannot provide profit for the second largest wholesale
trade chain with more than 15,000 hypermarkets, supermarkets and
small markets in 32 countries of the world.
Carrefour in Armenia, according to the sociologist, will have a
positive reflection as well, because it will bring a new culture,
which will serve an example for other supermarkets as well.
"They will introduce a new international quality, how our supermarkets
select their staff, who trains them, how much they are paid," Adibekyan
told reporters.
http://armenianow.com/society/61383/carrefour_aram_sargsyan
From: Baghdasarian
SOCIETY | 12.03.15 | 14:49
By SARA KHOJOYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
After two years of speculation and rumors, the French Carrefour
supermarket has opened in Armenia, although its arrival has been
met with skepticism about its promise that only five percent of its
products will be imported.
Enlarge Photo
Social networks commenters express doubt about 95 percent of the
products being produced in Armenia; some people even say that it is
a deception.
According to Aram Sargsyan, chairman of the Republic Party, no matter
how much Carrefour announces about its sales, it will not be able to
create the competition which will bring quality changes in the retail
market of Armenia.
The politician said that the hypermarket might not import itself,
but it might buy products from other importers, which will mean that
nothing will change.
"It would be very important for us if the company was allowed to
import 40-50 percent, but only this 5 percent threshold was set,
which means that they held long negotiations but in vain," Sargsyan
told reporters on Thursday.
According to sociologist Aharon Adibekyan, Carrefour in Armenia opened
more to advertise itself rather than to make profit, because one
supermarket cannot provide profit for the second largest wholesale
trade chain with more than 15,000 hypermarkets, supermarkets and
small markets in 32 countries of the world.
Carrefour in Armenia, according to the sociologist, will have a
positive reflection as well, because it will bring a new culture,
which will serve an example for other supermarkets as well.
"They will introduce a new international quality, how our supermarkets
select their staff, who trains them, how much they are paid," Adibekyan
told reporters.
http://armenianow.com/society/61383/carrefour_aram_sargsyan
From: Baghdasarian