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Strategy 21 December 2015

Casino Group affirms the strength of its business model, strategic plans and financial structure

Paris, 21 December 2015. Casino Group affirms the strength of its business model, strategic plans and financial structure On December 15th, 2015, Casino Group announced a plan to strengthen its balance sheet and enhance its financial flexibility with a deleveraging...

Finance 17 December 2015

Reaction of Casino Group to the report of Muddy Waters Capitals

Casino has become aware, through a press agency wire, of a report issued by Muddy Waters Capital on December 16, 2015, with the obvious intent to harm Casino, its employees and its shareholders. This accusatory report contains grossly erroneous allegations...

Finance 15 December 2015

Casino Group decides to strengthen its financial flexibility with a deleveraging plan above €2bn in 2016

Casino Group decides to strengthen its financial flexibility with a deleveraging plan in 2016 of more than 2 billion of euros, mainly through real estate transactions and disposal of non-core assets. One of this plan’s components consists in externalizing the...

Strategy 30 July 2015

New organization for the Group’s operations in Latin America in order to enhance future growth

– Strengthened organization, focused on growth drivers, – Implementation of significant synergies leveraging the respective strengths of the different entities, – Acquisition by Éxito of 50% of GPA voting shares owned by Casino group and 100% of Libertad in Argentina...

Finance 15 July 2015

Q2 2015 SALES

Improved activity in France: : Return to growth at Géant and recovery at Leader Price Increase in food sales in Brazil Strong growth of the E-commerce business In France, improved activity: growth in organic sales (+0.4%) and in same-store sales (+0.1%);...

Responsible employer committed to the development of skills and the well-being of its employees, the Casino group implements innovative human resources policies, consistent with its approach to social, societal and environmental responsibility.

The Casino group is also a local community player, rooted in the regions where its stores are located.

Casino Group’s Corporate and Social policy aims at offering more responsible consumption patterns and improving the sustainability of its business model by supporting relations of trust with all the stakeholders with whom it maintains a permanent dialogue.

Inventing the world of tomorrow and creating the retail sector of the future – those were Casino Group’s objectives for its sustainable growth model. The priority: improve our impact on the world around us.

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Historical player in the retail industry in France since 1898, No. 1 network of convenience stores and and No. 2 in e-commerce, the Casino groupe has more than 8,600 stores.

With a clear vision of changes in the sector, its ambition is to accelerate the transformation of commerce by positioning itself on future formats: proximity, premium and e-commerce.